The Environment Between Theory and Practice

AvAvner de-Shalit

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Why is there a gap between the questions that environmental philosophers discuss and the issues that motivate environmental activists? The author attempts to bridge this gap by combining tools of political philosophy with questions of environmental ethics and politics. He defends a radical position in relations to environmental protection and social policies in order to put forward a political theory, which is not only philosophically sound, but also relevant to the practice of environmental activism. He argues that attempts to find 'independent' values in nature can be at odds with the contemporary political debates surrounding environmental politics. In the second half of the book, the author examines the environmental scope of several key political ideologies: liberalism, communitarianism, participatory democracy, and socialism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-03-09
Mått:155 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:375 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199240388

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Avner de-Shalit Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Associate Fellow of Oxford Centre for Philosophy and the Environment, Mansfield, College, University of Oxford.

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de-Shalit's ideas are sure to generate discussion on the practical necessities of applying the theory environmental philosophers produce, on sharpening our use of concepts, and on understanding the political requirements of the philosophical ideas that make up the backdrop of the environmental movement. Largely because of its ability to provoke this type of discussion, but also because of its timely consideration of how environmental philosophy and environmental politics and policy can and ought to be bridged, I recommend this book for use not only by environmental and political theorists, environmental activists, but also for use in lower and upper level university courses in environmental studies, environmental ethics, environmental policy and environmenal politics.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction ; PART I: WHY HASN'T ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY HAD AN IMPACT ON POLICIES? ; 1. The social role of the philosopher and the philosophical role of society ; 2. Where philosophy meets politics: the concept of the environment ; PART II: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT: FROM META-ETHICS TO POLITICAL THEORY ; 3. Is liberalism environment friendly? ; 4. The community of nature and the nature of community ; 5. Democracy and the environment: a radical theory of participation ; 6. Socialism and the environment. ; Summary: from theory to practice