Environmentalism and political theory : toward an ecocentric approach /
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| Author / Creator: | Eckersley, Robyn, 1958- |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1992. |
| Description: | xii, 274 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in environmental public policy |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1284463 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Staking out the Green Terrain
- 1. The Development of Modern Ecopolitical Thought: From Participation and Survival to Emancipation
- Introduction
- The Environmental Problematic as a Crisis of Participation
- The Environmental Problematic as a Crisis of Survival
- The Environmental Problematic as a Crisis of Culture and Character and as an Opportunity for Emancipation
- The Emancipatory Critique of Conservatism, Liberalism, and Orthodox Marxism
- The Anthropocentric/Ecocentric Cleavage within Emancipatory Thought
- 2. Exploring the Environmental Spectrum: From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism
- Introduction
- Major Streams of Environmentalism
- Resource Conservation
- Human Welfare Ecology Preservationism
- Animal Liberation Ecocentrism
- 3. Ecocentrism Explained and Defended
- Introduction
- Ecocentrism Explained
- Some Common Criticisms and Misunderstandings
- Three Varieties of Ecocentrism
- Autopoietic Intrinsic Value Theory
- Transpersonal Ecology Ecofeminism
- Part II. An Ecocentric Analysis of Green Political Thought
- 4. The Ecocentric Challenge to Marxism
- Introduction
- The Theoretical Roots
- Orthodox Eco-Marxism
- Humanist Eco-Marxism
- Beyond Marxism
- 5. The Failed Promise of Critical Theory
- Introduction
- The Legacy of Horkheimer, Adorno, and Marcuse
- Habermasian Revisions
- The Ecocentric Critique
- The "Good Life" Revisited
- 6. Ecosocialism: The Post-Marxist Synthesis
- Introduction
- The Ecosocialist Critique
- Farewell to Scientific Socialism and the Economic Growth Consensus
- The Problematic Role of the Working Class
- The New Internationalism
- The Meaning and Lesson of Ecology according to Ecosocialism
- The Ecosocialist Agenda Evaluation: More Democracy or More Bureaucracy?
- An Alternative Green Market Economy
- 7. Ecoanarchism: The Non-Marxist Visionaries
- Introduction
- The Social Ecology of Murray Bookchin
- Bookchin's Social Hierarchy Thesis
- Bookchin's Evolutionary Stewardship Thesis Ecocommunalism
- Monasticism Revisited Bioregionalism
- Does Ecocentrism Demand Ecoanarchism?
- Are Humans "Essentially" Cooperative?
- The "Other Side" of Decentralization, Local Democracy, and Human Scale
- The Ecoanarchist Model of Autonomy as Self-Management
- Conclusion
- Documentation
- Bibliography
- Index