[D66] Contesting Earth's Future

[R.O.]

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    About the Book

Radical ecology typically brings to mind media images of ecological 
activists standing before loggers' saws, staging anti-nuclear marches, 
and confronting polluters on the high seas. Yet for more than twenty 
years, the activities of organizations such as the Greens and Earth 
First! have been influenced by a diverse, less-publicized group of 
radical ecological philosophers. It is their work—the philosophical 
underpinnings of the radical ecological movement—that is the subject of 
/Contesting Earth's Future/.

The book offers a much-needed, balanced appraisal of radical ecology's 
principles, goals, and limitations. Michael Zimmerman critically 
examines the movement's three major branches—deep ecology, social 
ecology, and ecofeminism. He also situates radical ecology within the 
complex cultural and political terrain of the late twentieth century, 
showing its relation to Martin Heidegger's anti-technological thought, 
1960s counterculturalism, and contemporary theories of poststructuralism 
and postmodernity.

An early and influential ecological thinker, Zimmerman is uniquely 
qualified to provide a broad overview of radical environmentalism and 
delineate its various schools of thought. He clearly describes their 
defining arguments and internecine disputes, among them the charge that 
deep ecology is an anti-modern, proto-fascist ideology. Reflecting both 
the movement's promise and its dangers, this book is essential reading 
for all those concerned with the worldwide ecological crisis.


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