1st Edition

Viewing The World Ecologically

By Marvin E. Olsen Copyright 1992
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

     During the last 20 years, the American public has become increasingly aware of environmental problems and resource scarcities. This study focuses on the rapid emergence of an ecological social paradigm, which appears to be replacing the technological social paradigm that has dominated American culture throughout most of the 20th century.

    Preface -- A New Worldview -- Theoretical Framework -- The Technological Social Paradigm -- The Ecological Social Paradigm -- Scope of the Ecological Social Paradigm -- Explaining the Paradigm Change -- Models of Paradigm Change -- Theoretical Arguments -- Appendix A -- Appendix B

    Biography

    Olsen, Marvin E.