The Roots of Modern Environmentalism
In: Routledge Library Editions: Conservation Ser. v.6
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE ON WHY HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER -- 1. THE 'FACTS' OF THE MATTER -- 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS AND WHERE THEY COME FROM -- 3. THE CULTURAL FILTER AND THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN IT -- 4. THE APPROACH AND RATIONALE OF THIS BOOK -- CHAPTER 1 MODERN ENVIRONMENTALISM -- 1.1 DEFINITIONS -- 1.2 THEMES IN RECENT ENVIRONMENTALIST HISTORY -- 1.3 MAJOR CONCERNS OF MODERN ENVIRONMENTALISM -- 1.4 THE 'LIMITS', THE 'BLUEPRINT' AND 'SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL' -- 1.5 ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS -- CHAPTER 2 THE ROOTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM -- 2.1 TECHNOCENTRISM AND 'CLASSICAL' SCIENCE -- 2.3 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND NATURE AS A MACHINE -- 2.4 THE BACONIAN CREED AND ITS HIGH PRIESTS -- 2.5 THE CLASSICAL LEGACY IN TECHNOCENTRIC SCIENCE -- CHAPTER 3 THE NON-SCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM -- 3.1 PRELUDE: PLENITUDE AND THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING -- 3.2 THE BASIS OF ROMANTICISM -- 3.3 THE ROMANTIC CONCEPTION OF NATURE -- 3.4 THE COUNTRY AND THE CITY -- 3.5 THE ROMANTIC LEGACY IN MODERN ECOCENTRISM -- CHAPTER 4 THE SCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM -- 4.1 MALTHUS AND NEO-MALTHUSIANS -- 4.2 DARWIN, THE WEB OF LIFE AND ECOLOGY -- 4.3 ECOSYSTEMS AND ECOCENTRIC PHILOSOPHY -- CHAPTER 5 SCIENCE AND OBJECTIVITY -- 5.1 A PARADOX -- 5.2.1 Determinism in Classical Science -- 5.3 SCIENCE AND IDEOLOGY IN THE PAST 200 YEARS -- 5.4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR 20th CENTURY IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT -- 5.5 THE PARADIGM CONCEPT -- CHAPTER 6 THE MARXIST PERSPECTIVE ON NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTALISM -- 6.1 THE BASIS OF MARXISM -- 6.2 HOW MARXISTS SEE NATURE -- 6.3 HOW MARXISTS SEE SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- 6.4 MARXIST CRITIQUES OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS.