Introduction : why history and ideology matter -- Defining environmentalism -- Some fundamental issues in radical environmentalism -- Pre-modern and modern ideas about nature and science : the roots of technocentrism -- Modern roots of ecocentrism -- Postmodern science and ecocentrism : subjectivity, ideology and the critique of classical science -- Ways ahead
Summary
An introduction to the history of ideas about nature and environment and how these ideas relate to modern environmental ideologies
Analysis
Ecology
Environmental protection
Environmentalism
Nature conservation
Notes
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index
