Our limits transgressed environmental political thought in America
The pastoral tradition, which he traces from Thoreau through John Muir to today's deep ecology, biocentrism, and Green movement, appeals to moral lessons that nature can teach us. The progressive tradition-which he traces from Gifford Pinchot to the apostate neomalthusians (who reject the commi...
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| Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kan.
University Press of Kansas
[1995], 1995
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| Series: | American political thought
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index
- Preface
- Preface to paperback edition
- The pastoral and progressive visions
- Scarcity beyond inefficiency: Neo-Malthusian fears
- Liberal reformulations of progressive conservationism
- The spiritualization of nature
- Biocentrism
- Restoring political vision