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Author Bhaskar, Roy, 1944-2014.

Title Ecophilosophy in a world of crisis : critical realism and the Nordic contributions / edited by Roy Bhaskar, Karl G. Hoyer, and Petter Naess
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 234 pages)
Series Ontological explorations
Ontological explorations.
Contents ECOPHILOSOPHY IN A WORLD OF CRISIS Critical realism and the Nordic contributions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introductory perspectives -- 2 Critical realism in resonance with Nordic ecophilosophy -- 3 Technology, nature and ethics -- 4 Ecophilosophy and the contemporary environmental debate -- 5 A biosophical perspective: humans as a tragic species -- 6 The deep ecological movement: some philosophical aspects -- 7 Gaia versus Servoglobe -- 8 A provocative pessimism: a postscript on the scientific worldview and global order
9 Global and local10 On making sense of the human environment: the problem -- 11 Human rights and ecology as premises for taking practical standpoints -- 12 Precautionary science: the ecophilosophical foundation -- 13 Nordic ecophilosophy and critical realism -- 14 From ecophilosophy to degrowth -- Selected titles on Nordic ecophilosophy -- Index
Notes "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ecology -- Philosophy.
Ecology -- Scandinavia -- Philosophy
Critical realism.
Crises.
NATURE -- Ecology.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Crises
Critical realism
Ecology -- Philosophy
Scandinavia
Form Electronic book
Author Høyer, Karl G.
Næss, Petter.
ISBN 9780203698846
0203698843
9781136621550
1136621555
9781136621505
1136621504
9781136621543
1136621547