Modern Environmentalism - An Introduction

David Pepper

Routledge

1996

376 páginas

12h 32m

ISBN-10: 0415057450

Modern Environmentalism presents a comprehensive introduction to environmentalism, the origins of its mains beliefs and ideas, and how these relate to modern environmental ideologies. Providing a historical overview of the development of atitudes to nature and the environment in society, the book examines key environmentalist ideas, influences and movements. Science's role in mediating our view of nature is emphasised throughout.

This entirely new account draws on the explosion of writing on society-environment relations since Pepper's earlier work, The Roots of Modern Environmentalism.