Environmentalism

`Here anthropologists, long marginal to this area of work, add their distinctive voices to the debates on environmentalism and the quest for a more viable future. ... These conversations on conservation force us to reflect on the rhetoric on the international environmental movement and ponder the plight of those denied a voice in the environmental culture wars of the late twentieth century. They are also just plain fun to read. Index, chapter-end references.' - Population & Development Review

• Preface Introduction: Enviromentalism and Anthropology Kay Milton 1. Enviromentalism: A new moral discourse for technological society? Robin Grove-White 2. Globes and Spheres: the topology of enviromentalism Tim Ingold 3. Between science and shamanism: the advocacy of enviromentalism in Toronto Peter Harries-Jones 4. Standing in for nature: the practicalitites of environmental organisations use of science Steven Yearly 5. All animals are equal but some are cetaceans: conversation and culture conflict Niels Einarsson 6. The making of an environmental doctrine: public trust and American shellfisherman Bonnie J.McCay 7. The precautionary principle: use with caution! Lynda M.Warren 8. Tribal metaphorization of man-nature relatedness: a comparitive analysis Nurit Bird-David 9. Rhetoric, Practice and incentive in the face of the changing times: a case study in Nuaulu attitudes to conservation and deforestation Roy Ellen 10. Natural symbols and natural history: Chimpanzees, elephants and experiments in Mende thought Paul Richards 11. Local awareness of the soil environment in Papua New Guinea Highlands Paul Sillitoe 12. Political decision-making: environmentalism, ethics and popular participation in Italy Giuliana B. Prato 13. Enviromental protest, bureaucratic closure: the politics of discourse in rural Ireland Adrian Peace 14. Eating green(s): discourses of organic food Allison James 15. The resurgence of romanticism: contemporary neopaganism, feminist spiritually and the divinity of nature Tanya M. Luhrmann