The natural alien : humankind and environment / Neil Evernden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evernden, Lorne Leslie Neil, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Philosophy.

Human ecology.

Environmental protection--Philosophy.

Environmental protection.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015

Place of Publication:

Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, [1993]

Summary:

In this eloquent and sympathetic book, Evernden evaluates the international environmental movement and the underlying assumptions that could doom it to failure. Beginning with a simple definition of environmentalists as ";those who confess a concern for the non-human,"; he reviews what is inherent in industrial societies to make them so resistant to the concerns of environmentalists. His analysis draws on citing such diverse sources as Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, and TIME, and examines how we tend to think about the world and how we might think about it.The book does not offer solutions to environmental questions, but it does offer the hope that there can be new ways of thinking and flexibility in human/environmental relations. Although humans seem alienated from our the natural world, we can develop a new understanding of `self in the world.'The second edition has a new preface and an epilogue in which Evernden analyses the latest environmental catch-phrase: sustainable development.

Contents:

Preface

Preface to the second edition

The environmentalists' dilemma

The cultural dimension

The organic dimension

The context of environmentalism

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-168) and index.

ISBN:

1-4426-5820-7

1-4426-2744-1

OCLC:

903441063