
Rationality And Nature
A Sociological Inquiry Into A Changing Relationship
Raymond Murphy(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2019
Book
Hardback
311 pages
978-0-367-32012-6 (ISBN)
Description
Divergent beliefs about humanity's relationship to nature collide as the second millenium ends. One belief emphasizes that a distinctive characteristic of humans?reason?enables them to reshape and master nature. Another insists that nature is not so plastic, hence humans must adapt to nature and render development sustainable, or even limit growth.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
602 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-32012-6 (9780367320126)
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Person
Raymond Murphy is professor of sociology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is author of Rationality and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry into a Changing Relationship (WestviewPress 1994).
Content
Preface -- The Intensification of Rationalization and Its Alternatives -- Rationalization Under the Premise of Plasticity -- Rationalization and Ecological Irrationality -- Rationalization Under the Premise of Greenness -- Rerationalization -- Derationalization -- The Sociology of Environmental Degradation -- The Political Economy of Waste -- Accounting for Waste and Accountability for Waste -- Environmental Classes and Environmental Conflict -- Toward a Symbiotic Relationship with Nature -- Science and Applied Science as Partial Knowledge -- Parasitism: A "Light Cloak" or an "Iron Cage"