1st Edition

Postmodernism and the Environmental Crisis

By Arran Gare Copyright 1996
204 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

Postmodernism and the Environmental Crisis is the only book to combine cultural theory and environmental philosophy. In it, Arran Gare analyses the conjunction between the environmental crisis, the globalisation of capitalism and the disintegration of the culture of modernity. It explains the paradox of growing concern for the environment and the paltry achievements of environmental movements.... Read more
INTRODUCTION 1 WHAT IS POSTMODERNITY? 2 POSTMODERNISM AND POSTSTRUCTURALISM 3 POSTSTRUCTURALISM, MARXISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT 4 POSTMODERN METAPHYSICS 5 TOWARDS A NEW WORLD ORDER

Biography

Arran E. Gare is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry at Swinburne University, Australia. He is the author of Nihilism Incorporated and Beyond European Civilization.