Changing our Environment, Changing Ourselves
Nature, Labour, Knowledge and Alienation
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:21st Apr '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
In this book, a celebration of the work of the sociologist Peter Dickens serves as the catalyst for exploring the relationship between human ‘internal nature’ (our health and psychological well-being) and ‘external nature’ (the environment on which we depend and which we collectively transform). Across contributions from Ted Benton, James Ormrod, Kate Soper, John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark, Graham Sharp, James Addicott, Kathryn Dean and Peter Dickens himself, the book draws attention to alienation associated with the promotion of different knowledges in late capitalist production. But it also highlights the possibilities for generating less alienated relations with our environment in the future. As well as discussing the philosophical and theoretical issues involved, the book contains contemporary case studies of ultra-processed food, satellite farming, computerised thinking and dark tourism.
ISBN: 9781349848959
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 454g
315 pages
1st ed. 2016