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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Film as Social Philosophy -- Part One: Film, Technology, and Built Space -- 2 Enemies of the State? Electronic Surveillance and the Neutrality of Technology -- 3 Wim Wenders's Everyday Aesthetics -- 4 Boyz in the Woods: Los Angeles as Urban Wilderness -- Part Two: Film, Group Interests, and Political Identity -- 5 John Sayles on Class Interest -- 6 Spike Lee, Chico Mendes, and the Representation of Political Identity -- Notes -- Index

In discussions of environmental protection, environmentalists often focus on wild areas & ignore cities. While complaining about global environmental issues like global warming, antiglobalization activists do not offer concrete alternative recommendations for respecting local sovereignty. It is argued that attending to the environmental problems of cities should be the first step in combating global environmental problems. This is because local alliances have to be formed to tackle the common problems. Through those, environmental awareness can be raised & transcend localities. In addition, the ecological footprint of a locality may extend much further than its boundaries, especially in the North. The environmental problems of cities with the largest ecological footprints should be the first addressed. Ways in which to promote urban ecological citizenship & participation with an environmental agenda focused on urban areas are discussed. Urban restoration should be viewed as re-engagement rather than resistance. M. Pflum

In discussions of environmental protection, environmentalists often focus on wild areas & ignore cities. While complaining about global environmental issues like global warming, antiglobalization activists do not offer concrete alternative recommendations for respecting local sovereignty. It is argued that attending to the environmental problems of cities should be the first step in combating global environmental problems. This is because local alliances have to be formed to tackle the common problems. Through those, environmental awareness can be raised & transcend localities. In addition, the ecological footprint of a locality may extend much further than its boundaries, especially in the North. The environmental problems of cities with the largest ecological footprints should be the first addressed. Ways in which to promote urban ecological citizenship & participation with an environmental agenda focused on urban areas are discussed. Urban restoration should be viewed as re-engagement rather than resistance. M. Pflum

In the past 30 years, environmental ethics & political ecology have emerged as two of the most vibrant & exciting areas of applied philosophy. Several journals & hundreds of books testify to their growing importance inside & outside philosophical circles. But surprisingly very little has ever been said, in particular, by environmental ethicists about cities, & what has been written is largely negative. This contribution offers an explanation for why the urban environment has been ignored in environmental ethics; provides a series of ecological & social arguments for why urban issues cannot be overlooked in a complete environment; & offers an example of the sorts of issues that an expanded environmental ethic, inclusive of urban environments, would need to focus on. 51 References. Adapted from the source document.