The Logic of Environmentalism : : Anthropology, Ecology and Postcoloniality / / Vassos Argyrou.
Although modernity’s understanding of nature and culture has now been superseded by that of environmentalism, the power to define the meaning of both, and hence the meaning of the world itself, remains in the same (Western) hands. This bold argument is at the center of this provocative book that cha...
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Argyrou, Vassos, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Logic of Environmentalism : Anthropology, Ecology and Postcoloniality / Vassos Argyrou. New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2005] ©2005 1 online resource (208 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; 1 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prelude -- 1. First Change -- 2. Second Change -- 3. The Logic of the Same -- 4. ‘Beyond Humanism’: and further to the other side -- 5. No Change -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Although modernity’s understanding of nature and culture has now been superseded by that of environmentalism, the power to define the meaning of both, and hence the meaning of the world itself, remains in the same (Western) hands. This bold argument is at the center of this provocative book that challenges the widespread assumption that environmentalism reflects a radical departure from modernity. Our perception of nature may have changed, the author maintains, but environmentalism remains a thoroughly modernist project. It reproduces the cultural logic of modernity, a logic that finds meaning in unity and therefore strives to efface difference, and to reconfirm the position of the West as the source of all legitimate signification. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022) Environmentalism Philosophy. Ethnobiology Philosophy. Human ecology Philosophy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782381945?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782381945 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782381945/original |
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