Sustaining the Earth

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ONCE THE BENIGN HOBBY OF THE FEW. HAVE BECOME EVERYBODY'S URGENT CONCERN. AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND AS THESE ISSUES BECOME MORE PRESSING, JOHN YOUNG'S TOUR DE FORCE IS AN ESPECIALLY WELCOME AND TIMELY ASSESSMENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT—AND A FRESH LOOK AT NEW AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO ATTACK THE PROBLEMS.
YOUNG MAINTAINS THAT ONLY A POWERFUL SYNTHESIS OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MORAL IDEOLOGIES—A UNIFICATION HE TERMS POST-ENVIRONMENTAUSM— WILL MOVE WORLD SOCIETIES INTO A RELATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT MAINTAINS THE BEST DEMOCRATIC VALUES. HE DESCRIBES MANY OF THE MOVEMENTS AND STRATEGIES THAT HAVE APPEARED OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES: REALOS, GREENS, LEFT AND RIGHT ECOLOGISTS, ECO-FEMINISTS, HUMANISTS, AND PRAGMATISTS. YOUNG OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE THAT IS ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL WHO CARE ABOUT OUR WORLD.
"[YOUNG] PRESENTS A DETAILED AND READABLE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES, FROM... Tovább

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ONCE THE BENIGN HOBBY OF THE FEW. HAVE BECOME EVERYBODY'S URGENT CONCERN. AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND AS THESE ISSUES BECOME MORE PRESSING, JOHN YOUNG'S TOUR DE FORCE IS AN ESPECIALLY WELCOME AND TIMELY ASSESSMENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT—AND A FRESH LOOK AT NEW AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO ATTACK THE PROBLEMS.
YOUNG MAINTAINS THAT ONLY A POWERFUL SYNTHESIS OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MORAL IDEOLOGIES—A UNIFICATION HE TERMS POST-ENVIRONMENTAUSM— WILL MOVE WORLD SOCIETIES INTO A RELATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT MAINTAINS THE BEST DEMOCRATIC VALUES. HE DESCRIBES MANY OF THE MOVEMENTS AND STRATEGIES THAT HAVE APPEARED OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES: REALOS, GREENS, LEFT AND RIGHT ECOLOGISTS, ECO-FEMINISTS, HUMANISTS, AND PRAGMATISTS. YOUNG OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE THAT IS ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL WHO CARE ABOUT OUR WORLD.
"[YOUNG] PRESENTS A DETAILED AND READABLE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES, FROM THE WELL-KNOWN POLEMICISTS OF THE 1960S THROUGH THE RICHER AND FAR MORE COMPLEX NUANCES OF CURRENT DEBATES OVER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, EQUITY AND POVERTY, AID AND TRADE AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE VARIOUS INTERSECTING ISSUES FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION."
—RICHARD N. L. ANDREWS, AMERICAN SCIENTIST
"[YOUNG] POSSESSES A KEEN SENSE OF HISTORICAL IRONY—HOW THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM HEIGHTENED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THIS COUNTRY; HOW SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCES HAVE ENGENDERED DESPAIR INSTEAD OF ACTIVISM—THAT IS MATCHED BY A RARE ABILITY TO RECONCILE POLITICALLY DIVISIVE FALSE DICHOTOMIES. AND HE HAS USED HIS POWERS NOT ONLY TO REFOCUS THE DEBATE ON THE CARE OF OUR PLANET BUT ALSO TO MOVE IT A CRITICAL STEP TOWARD POLITICAL ACTION."
—KATHLEEN COURRIER, ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
JOHN YOUNG IS PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. Vissza