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Environmentalism and Cultural Theory Exploring the Role of Anthropology in Environmental Discourse

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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... Read more

Introduction; Chapter 1 Anthropology, Culture and Environmentalism; Chapter 2 Culture and Ecology; Chapter 3 Environmentalism in Social Science; Chapter 4 Environmentalism and Cultural Diversity; Chapter 5 Globalization, Culture and Discourse; Chapter 6 The Culture of Global Environmentalist Discourse; Chapter 7 Anthropology, Social Science and Environmentalism;