Absent Environments - Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas
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Offering a novel approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book proposes a new theory of environmental law, starting from a description of a society effectively closed to environmental considerations, where the environment is essentially 'absent'. The book introduces the reader to the key concept of closure as it is described in Luhmann's theory of autopsies. Rather than following in the footsteps of previous discussions it proposes a radically different reading of the theory, in line with post-modern…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Offering a novel approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book proposes a new theory of environmental law, starting from a description of a society effectively closed to environmental considerations, where the environment is essentially 'absent'. The book introduces the reader to the key concept of closure as it is described in Luhmann's theory of autopsies. Rather than following in the footsteps of previous discussions it proposes a radically different reading of the theory, in line with post-modern legal, political, sociological, urban and ecological theories and emphasizes the paradox of the (absent) environment. It explores a range of topics in the areas of environmental law and urban geography, including: environmental risk, environmental rights, the precautionary principle and urban waste; and discourses on community, proceduralization and identity and a phenomenological analysis of the city. The author redefines the traditional foundations of environmental law and urban geography and suggests a new way of dealing with scientific ignorance, cultural differences and environmental risk.
Offering a novel, transdisciplinary approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book traces the conceptual and material absence of communication between the human and the natural and controversially includes such an absence within a system of law and a system of geography which effectively remain closed to environmental considerations.
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Autorenporträt
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, LLB, LLM, PhD is a Reader in Law, University of Westminster.
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Without being legalistic (surely praise indeed for a work such as this), this book is a highly analytical, novel, poetic and multi-layered work about law, environment and ecology, as well as systems theory, and is enticing from its opening, which is entitled 'Closing'. It is a clever book (though not self consciously so) and provides a deep, stimulating and rewarding read, albeit one requiring some perseverance. A final point is that it caters for and deserves a readership from a range of disciplines as well as levels of expertise. - Jane Holder, Journal of Environmental Law, Vol 20, No 3 (2008)