1st Edition
Ecopolitics The Environment in Poststructuralist Thought
By Verena Andermatt Conley
Copyright 1997
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ecopolitics is a study of environmental awareness - or non-awareness - in contemporary French theory. Arguing that it is now impossible not to think in an ecological way, Verena Andermatt Conley traces the roots of today's concern for the environment back to the intellectual climate of the late 50s and 60s. The author considers key texts by influential figures such as Michael Serres , Paul... Read more
Introduction, Chapter 1. First Type of Disparagement: The Return of the Full Subject and the Nature/Culture Division, Chapter 2. Second type of Disparagement: Denaturing of Ecology as Simulacrum, Chapter 3. Emergence of Ecology: Beyond Dialectics and Existential Humanism, Chapter 4. Chaos and Ethics: From Science to Praxis, Chapter 5. Motor Ecology, Chapter 6. New Ecological Territories, Chapter 7. Everyday Life: Ecological Practices, Chapter 8. Back to Writing: The Fate of post-68 Feminine Writing, Conclusion, Bibliography
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Verena Andermatt Conley
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