Jenneth Parker

Critiquing Sustainability, Changing Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

To increasing numbers of people, sustainability is the key challenge of the twenty-first century. In the many fields where it is a goal, persistent problems obstruct the efforts of those trying to make a difference. The task of this book is to identify the philosophical failings underlying these problems, on the basis that the ways in which we conceptualise sustainability may contribute to, or alternately undermine vital projects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781138687998
• ISBN-10: 1138687995
• Artikelnr.: 57054505

Autorenporträt

Jenneth Parker is Research Director at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Starting Points 2. The Antropocene 3. Critiquing Models of
Human Being for Sustainability 4. Towards a Philosophy for Earth System
Science 5. Changing Material Practices: techne and technology 6. A
Philosophy of Social Science for Sustainability? 7. Culture and
Sustainability: 'what has postmodernism ever done for us?' 8. Philosophies
for Sustainability: an analytic review 9. Sustainability - a school for
freedom?