The centrality of agriculture : between humankind and the rest of nature / Colin A.M. Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, Colin A. M. (Colin Adrien MacKinley), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture--Social aspects.

Communism and agriculture.

Physical Description:

xx, 286 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using ecological, historical, humanist, institutionalist, and Marxist methodologies, Duncan argues that the entire project of developing the theory of political economy has been seriously sidetracked by industrialism. Using England as a case study he shows that the relationship between modernity and agriculture need not be uncomfortable and suggests ways in which the original socialist project can be rejuvenated to make it both more feasible and more attractive. Duncan concludes that no sustainable human future can be conceived unless and until the centrality of agriculture is properly recognized and new economic institutions are developed that will encourage people to take care of their landscapes.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Photographs

Preface

Acknowledgments

Agriculture as the Problem: Replacing the Economy in Nature and in Society

Agriculture Privileged and Benign: English Capitalism in Its Light-Industrial Prime

Agriculture Displaced and Disarrayed: The Industrializing (World) Economy as the Only Perceived Context for Human Activity in This Century

Agricultural Biocontexts for Future Persons: Possible Forms for Communities Securely Placed in Nature

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-267) and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-6571-X

OCLC:

929121548