Review of "Social Transformations: A General Theory of Historical Development," by Stephen K. Sanderson
In: Journal of world-systems research, S. 292-294
ISSN: 1076-156X
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In: Journal of world-systems research, S. 292-294
ISSN: 1076-156X
This book examines the roots of hatred, genocide, and mass murder in psychology, history, politics, and economics, including the funding of destructive political campaigns. It provides solutions grounded in moral philosophy as well as possible legal measures
In: Pacific affairs, Band 75, Heft 4, S. 588-589
ISSN: 0030-851X
In: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology 17
In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the world, the contributors—scholar-activists and activist-practitioners— examine the interrelationships between three prominent environmental social movements: bioregionalism, a worldview and political ecology that grounds environmental action and experience; permaculture, a design science for putting the bioregional vision into action; and ecovillages, the ever-dynamic settings for creating sustainable local cultures