Raymond Murphy

Rationality And Nature

A Sociological Inquiry Into A Changing Relationship

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the culture of nature, that is, the ways humans view nature and their relationship to it. It examines the material side of the relationship between social action and the processes of nature, and develops a sociology of environmental degradation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 311
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780367320126
• ISBN-10: 0367320126
• Artikelnr.: 58316018

Autorenporträt

Raymond Murphy is professor of sociology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is author of Rationality and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry into a Changing Relationship (WestviewPress 1994).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
The Intensification of Rationalization and Its Alternatives
Rationalization Under the Premise of Plasticity
Rationalization and Ecological Irrationality
Rationalization Under the Premise of Greenness
Rerationalization
Derationalization
The Sociology of Environmental Degradation
The Political Economy of Waste
Accounting for Waste and Accountability for Waste
Environmental Classes and Environmental Conflict
Toward a Symbiotic Relationship with Nature
Science and Applied Science as Partial Knowledge
Parasitism: A "Light Cloak" or an "Iron Cage"