| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Ecological Humanism: An Introduction -- Part 1: Lewis Mumford and Organic Humanism -- 1. The Radical Scholar -- 2. Lewis Mumford: The Formative Years -- 3. Technics and Civilization -- 4. The Culture of Cities -- 5. Western Culture and its Transformtion: The Rise of Mechanistic Philosophy -- 6. The Insurgence of Romanticism and Utilitarian Philosophy -- 7. Mumford's Organic Philosophy -- 8. The Renewal of Life -- Part 2: Rene Dubos and Ecological Humanism -- 9. Rene Dubos and the Celebration of Life -- 10. The Living World and Human Nature |
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11. Sociocultural Evolution and the Human Personality -- 12. The Ecology of Health and Disease -- 13. The Theology of Earth -- 14. Humanized Landscapes -- 15. The Wooing of the Earth -- 16. Science and Holism -- Part 3: The Social Ecology of Murray Bookchin -- 17. Bookchin's Life and Work -- 18. The Environmental Crisis and Eco-Anarchism -- 19. Toward an Ecological Society -- 20. The Concept of Social Ecology -- 21. The Deep Ecology Movement -- 22. Deep Ecology, Biocentrism and Misanthropy -- 23. Neo-Maltusianism and the Politics of Deep Ecology -- 24. The Philosophy of Social Ecology |
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25. In Defence of the Enlightenment -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"In this remarkable new book Brian Morris examines the lives, works and philosophy of three key thinkers in the field of modern ecology. Lewis Mumford, René Dubos and Murray Bookchin, Morris argues, all made hugely important contributions to thinking in the field, and have all equally been overlooked or misunderstood by their contemporaries and successors. In examining the concepts of organic or ecological humanism and social ecology as presented by Mumford, Dubos and Bookchin respectively, Professor Morris paves the way for fresh debate about the interaction between human beings and their environment, and, vitally, about what 'ecology, ' 'environmentalism' and 'conservation' actually mean and should seek to achieve in years to come. Essential reading for anyone with an interest or active role in ecology and its associate disciplines, Pioneers of Ecological Humanism is written in a clear and refreshingly direct style that will appeal to activists, academics and armchair ecologists alike."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
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Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982.
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Bookchin, Murray, 1921-2006.
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| SUBJECT |
Bookchin, Murray, 1921-2006 fast |
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Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982 fast |
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Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 fast |
| Subject |
Ecology -- Philosophy.
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Humanism.
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Humanism
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humanism.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Ecology -- Philosophy
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Humanism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781551646114 |
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1551646110 |
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