Environmentalism And Cultural Theory
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Environmentalism And Cultural Theory
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Author : Kay Milton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-11
Environmentalism And Cultural Theory written by Kay Milton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-11 with Social Science categories.
The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the attention paid by social scientists to environmental issues, and a gradual acknowledgement, in the wider community, of the role of social science in the public debate on sustainability. At the same time, the concept of `culture', once the property of anthropologists has gained wide currency among social scientist. These trends have taken place against a growing perception, among specialist and public, of the global nature of contemporary issues. This book shows how an understanding of culture can throw light on the way environmental issues are perceived and interpreted, both by local communities and within the contemporary global arena. Taking an anthropological approach the book examines the relationship between human culture and human ecology, and considers how a cultural approach to the study of environmental issues differs from other established approaches in social science. This book adds significantly to our understanding of environmentalism as a contemporary phenomenon, by demonstrating the distinctive contribution of social and cultural anthropology to the environmental debate. It will be of particular interest to students and researchers in the fields of social science and the environment.
Environmentalism And Cultural Theory
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Author : Kay Milton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Environmentalism And Cultural Theory written by Kay Milton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Culture categories.
Culture Environment And Ecopolitics
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Author : Nick Heffernan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-05-15
Culture Environment And Ecopolitics written by Nick Heffernan and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-15 with Social Science categories.
Culture, Environment and Ecopolitics brings together a series of new reflections on historical and current ecological and environmental predicaments. By way of critical interventions in environmental thought, and through engagements with literary, visual, architectural, philosophical, and more general cultural studies scholarship, this collection of essays by an international panel of writers breaks new interpretative ground. While techno-science has in some quarters been elevated to a master discourse of humanity’s salvation, charged with providing a magical ‘fix’ for planetary ecological dilemmas, the focus of our volume is on the importance of cultural reflection for bringing matters of local and global import to light. Moving from the abstractions of eco-critical utopianisms to the concrete identity of the land in the poetry of John Clare, from British Petroleum’s attempts to re-brand climate change to examples of eco-architecture, and much more besides, these essays exemplify ways in which eco-political thought and practice might now be theorized. The collection is framed by a substantial editors’ introduction which offers but one contextualization of the ideas and critical trajectories that follow. Culture, Environment and Ecopolitics will allow readers to discover original intersections and argumentative cross-references across contested terrains in a world increasingly troubled by ecological crises.
Greenwashing Culture
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Author : Toby Miller
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-08-03
Greenwashing Culture written by Toby Miller and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-03 with Social Science categories.
Greenwashing Culture examines the complicity of culture with our environmental crisis. Through its own carbon footprint, the promotion of image-friendly environmental credentials for celebrities, and the mutually beneficial engagement with big industry polluters, Toby Miller argues that culture has become an enabler of environmental criminals to win over local, national, and international communities. Topics include: the environmental liabilities involved in digital and print technologies used by cultural institutions and their consumers; Hollywood's 'green celebrities' and the immense ecological impact of their jet-setting lifestyles and filmmaking itself; high profile sponsorship deals between museums and oil and gas companies, such as BP's sponsorship of Tate Britain; radical environmental reform, via citizenship and public policy, illustrated by the actions of Greenpeace against Shell's sponsorship of Lego. This is a thought-provoking introduction to the harmful impact of greenwashing. It is essential reading for students of cultural studies and environmental studies, and those with an interest in environmental activism.
The Logic Of Environmentalism
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Author : Vassos Argyrou
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2005
The Logic Of Environmentalism written by Vassos Argyrou and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Environmentalism categories.
Although modernity's understanding of nature and culture has now been superseded by that of environmentalism, the power to define the meaning of both, and hence the meaning of the world itself, remains in the same (Western) hands. This bold argument is at the center of this provocative book that challenges the widespread assumption that environmentalism reflects a radical departure from modernity. Our perception of nature may have changed, the author maintains, but environmentalism remains a thoroughly modernist project. It reproduces the cultural logic of modernity, a logic that finds meaning in unity and therefore strives to efface difference, and to reconfirm the position of the West as the source of all legitimate signification.
Risk And Culture
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Author : Mary Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1983-10-27
Risk And Culture written by Mary Douglas and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-10-27 with Nature categories.
The concern of many Americans with dangers to the natural environment is not justified rationally, according to the authors, but results from American cultural biases and the political goals of environmentalists.
Cultural Studies And Environment Revisited
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Author : Phaedra. C Pezzullo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-31
Cultural Studies And Environment Revisited written by Phaedra. C Pezzullo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with Social Science categories.
The environment is perhaps most misunderstood as a static place, somewhere "out there," separated from the practices of our everyday lives. Given this assumption, environmental movements and concerns have remained mostly marginalized or denigrated in cultural studies publications, conferences, and presentations. Recent global developments have made changing this oversight and, at times, direct resistance to engaging environmental concerns a new priority. This edited collection illustrates an appreciation of the dynamic, palpable, and significant ways the environment permeates culture (and vice versa), as well as a collective commitment to the ways that cultural studies has more to offer—and to learn from—taking environmental matters to heart. Like foundational categories of identity, economics, and historical context, this collection reminds us why the environment is and should be considered relevant to any work done in the name of "cultural studies." Including research from four continents and across media, the authors offer insights on timely topics such as food, tourism, human/animal relations, forests, queer theory, indigenous rights, and water. This book was published as a special issue of Cultural Studies.
Teaching Ecocriticism And Green Cultural Studies
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Author : G. Garrard
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-12
Teaching Ecocriticism And Green Cultural Studies written by G. Garrard and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism.
Transboundary Environmental Problems And Cultural Theory
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Author : NA NA
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2000-10-26
Transboundary Environmental Problems And Cultural Theory written by NA NA and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-26 with Political Science categories.
In this book, Marco Verweij presents a new and challenging theoretical framework with which to understand international relations, based on the cultural theory developed by Mary Douglas, Michael Thompson, Aaron Wildavsky and others. By applying this framework in a detailed study of the environmental protection of the River Rhine in Western Europe and the Great Lakes of North America, he also contributes to a better understanding of how transboundary environmental problems have been, and can be, solved.
Green Cultural Studies
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Author : Jhan Hochman
language : en
Publisher: Caxton Press
Release Date : 1998
Green Cultural Studies written by Jhan Hochman and has been published by Caxton Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literary Collections categories.
Green Cultural Studies - a work of textual analysis and polemical theory - will upset and delight a variety of readers. Film critics will be challenged by Hochman's illuminating readings of film. Marxists will find splendid capitalist critiques. Comparatists, myth critics, ecocritics, and intellectuals will find engaging observations, as will literary critics, deconstructionists, philosophers of technology and science, cultural critics, and environmental activists. Green Cultural Studies is a valuable reference book to anyone teaching, writing, or thinking about the intricate issues of nature and culture.