Deep Ecology

Deep Ecology
Author :
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Total Pages : 284
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0879052473
ISBN-13 : 9780879052478
Rating : 4/5 (478 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Deep Ecology by : George Sessions

Download or read book Deep Ecology written by George Sessions and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2001-01-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep Ecology explores the philosophical, psychological, and sociological roots of today's environmental movement, examines the human-centered assumptions behind most approaches to nature, explores the possibilities of an expanded human consciousness, and offers specific direct action suggestions for individuals to practice. Widely read in it first printing, Deep Ecology has established itself as one of the most significant books on environmental thought to appear in this decade. "Deep Ecology is subversive, but it's the kind of subversion we can use." --San Francisco Chronicle "This book is an attempt at codifying a scattered body of ecological insight into a philosophy that places human beings on an absolutely equal footing with all other creatures on the planet." --Stephanie Mills, Whole Earth Review "Difficult and (to some) unfamiliar insights on nature and human beings presented with simplicity and clarity, Deep Ecology rattles a cage full of occidental presumptions and yet it all seems almost like common sense." --Gary Snyder

Deep Ecology Related Books

Deep Ecology
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: George Sessions
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-19 - Publisher: Gibbs Smith

GET EBOOK

Deep Ecology explores the philosophical, psychological, and sociological roots of today's environmental movement, examines the human-centered assumptions behind
Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century
Language: en
Pages: 532
Authors: George Sessions
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-01-24 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

GET EBOOK

Instead of thinking of nature as a resource to be used for human needs, deep ecology argues that the true value of nature is intrinsic. This comprehensive and w
Deep Ecology and World Religions
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: David Landis Barnhill
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-29 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

GET EBOOK

Bringing together thirteen new essays on the important relationship between traditional world spirituality and the contemporary environmental perspective of dee
Beneath the Surface
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Eric Katz
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: MIT Press

GET EBOOK

This book approaches deep ecology as a philosophy, not as a political, social, or environmental movement.
Spinoza and Deep Ecology
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Eccy De Jonge
Categories: Deep ecology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

Spinoza and Deep Ecology explores the philosophical, psychological and political assumptions that underpin a concern for nature, offering specific suggestions h