Adorno on nature / Deborah Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Deborah, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969--Criticism and interpretation.

Adorno, Theodor W.

Philosophy of nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen, 2011.

Summary:

Decades before the environmental movement emerged in the 1960's, Adorno condemned our destructive and self-destructive relationship to the natural world, warning of the catastrophe that may result if we continue to treat nature as an object that exists exclusively for our own benefit. ""Adorno on Nature"" presents the first detailed examination of the pivotal role of the idea of natural history in Adorno's work. A comparison of Adorno's concerns with those of key ecological theorists - social ecologist Murray Bookchin, ecofeminist Carolyn Merchant, and deep ecologist Arne Naess - reveals how...

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 1. Critical materialism ; 2. Nature, red in tooth and claw ; 3. Thought thinking itself ; 4. Adorno's endgame ; 5. Adorno and radical ecology ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-191) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-73014-6

1-317-54804-3

9781315730141

OCLC:

794490820