Environment and social theory /
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Author / Creator: | Barry, John, 1966- |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. |
Description: | ix, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Routledge introductions to environment Environment and society texts Routledge introductions to environment series. Environment and society. |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3966337 |
Summary: | Written in an accessible and jargon-free way, Environment and Social Theory examines: * the historical relationship between social theory and the environment *pre-Enlightenment and Enlightenment social theory and the environment * twentieth century social theory and the environment * economic theory and the environment * the relationship between ecology, biology and social theory * recent theoretical approaches to the environment * the development of a green social theory The ideas and vies of key theorists including Hobbes, Locke, freud, Habermas, Giddens and Beck are discussed to provide comprehensive coverage of social theory for non-specialist readers. |
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Physical Description: | ix, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-235) and index. |
ISBN: | 0415172691 0415172705 |