Ecological Community

Roger S. Gottlieb is Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His books include Marxism 1844-1990: Origins,Betrayal, Rebirth (Routledge, 1992) and most recently, This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment (Routledge, 1995).

"Gottlieb... has assembled an impressive cast of philosophers and political scientists that reveals the diversity and depth of current philosophical approaches to the environment." -- Perspectives on Science andChristian Faith"The eighteen essays in this diverse and almost uniformly excellent collection address questions of justice, imperialism, and sustainability, tensions between liberalism and environmentalism, the importance of time and history, and the role of science in environmental ethics." -- Ethics

• 1: Environmental Challenges for Political Theory and Philosophy; 1: Environmentalism and Human Oppression; 2: Time, Narrative, and Environmental Politics; 3: The Rationale for Environmental Restoration; 4: Empathy, Society, Nature, and the Relational Self; 5: Is Liberalism Environment-Friendly?; 6: Be-wildering Order; 2: Environmental Theory and Moral Questions; 7: A Sleepless Ethicist and Some of His Acquaintances; 8: Imperialism and Environmentalism; 9: Habermas and the Ethics of Nature; 10: The Problem of Knowledge in Environmental Thought; 11: Feeding People versus Saving Nature?; 3: Struggle Up Close; 12: Ecofascism; 13: Materialists, Ontologists, and Environmental Pragmatists; 14: Challenging Pluralism; 15: Environmental Justice, Neopreservationism, and Sustainable Spirituality; 16: International Justice and Wilderness Preservation; 17: Solidarity Across Diversity; 18: The Sustainability Question