Richard B Norgaard

Development Betrayed

The End of Progress and a Co-Evolutionary Revisioning of the Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a powerful critique of the modernist philosophies that have led us to the brink of environmental and cultural collapse, and outlines a potent, co-evolutionary alternative.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780415068628
• ISBN-10: 0415068622
• Artikelnr.: 24074372

Autorenporträt

Richard Norgaard was environmentalist David Brower's river guide during the flooding of the Glen Canyon on the Colorado River. He earned a PhD in Economics at the University of Chicago before going on to investigate the environmental problems of petroleum development in Alaska, hydroelectric dams in California, pesticide use in modern agriculture, and deforestation in the Amazon.

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Betrayal Of Progress 2 The Challenge Of Sustainability 3 Change As A
Coevolutionary Process 4 A Coevolutionary Environmental History 5 The
Illusions Of Progress 6 The Philosophical Roots Of The Betrayal 7 Two
Maladaptive Determinisms 8 The Coevolutionary Process Elaborated 9 A
Coevolutionary Cosmology 10 Coevolutionary Lessons From The Amazon 11 The
Tyranny Of Liberal Individualism 12 Democratizing Knowledge 13 Coevolving
Discursive Communities 14 A Coevolving Cultural Patchwork Quilt 15 Progress
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