The pursuit of Ecotopia : lessons from indigenous and traditional societies for the human ecology of our modern world / E. N. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Eugene Newton, Jr., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied anthropology.

Human ecology.

Ethnoecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Political ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditional societies have much to teach the modern world about conservation and environmental management. <i>The Pursuit of Ecotopia: Lessons from Indigenous and Traditional Societies for the Human Ecology of Our Modern World</i> argues that the root of our environmental crisis is that we have not devised modern ways to induce people with diverse interests to think and act cooperatively to secure shared interests. We take a short-term, narrow view of resource management and ethical conduct instead of a long-term, global view of ""ecotopia""-a conception in which the destructive corollaries o

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 People in Nature; 2 Learning from Others; 3 Rationality, Emotion, and Economics; 4 Political Ecology; 5 Environmental Justice; 6 "All Politics Is Local," and All Is Now Global; 7 Going Past the Land Ethic; 8 New Moral Codes; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-00347-2

0-313-38130-5

OCLC:

910447518