Society and Exploitation Through Nature

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ISBN: 9780582277250 | 0582277256
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Copyright: 5/10/2000

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Society and Exploitation Through Nature offers an integrated approach to the environment, linking the philosophical, social and physical sciences to environmental problems and issues. The text covers three main themes; exploitation of nature and society; the limits of exploitation through sustainability and managing environmental problems. These themes are illustrated throughout the book with global case studies.

Acknowledgements

vii

Publisher's Acknowledgements

viii

List of figures

List of tables

xii

List of plates

xiii

List of boxes

xiv

List of box figures

xvi

List of box tables and box plates

xvii

Themes in the study of society and nature

(27)

Introduction

(1)

Society and nature: the meanings behind the terms

(11)

Exploitation: the fundamental relation between society and nature?

(12)

Society and nature: the focus of this book

(3)

Stories of exploitation

(78)

The social exploitation of nature: a single historical narrative or multiple and contradictory stories?

(2)

The emergence of agriculture

(33)

Industrialisation

(12)

Imperialism

(16)

Post-industrialism

(13)

The narratives of the social exploitation of nature: some common threads?

104

(2)

Limits to exploitation? Problems of the contemporary global environment

106

(85)

Introduction

106

(1)

Limits to growth

107

(2)

Neo-Malthusians and cornucopians

109

(5)

Can society feed itself?

114

(22)

Can societies meet their energy requirements?

136

(5)

Global environmental costs of the industrialised societies

141

(29)

Regional and local environmental costs of industrialised societies

170

(19)

Summary

189

(2)

Managing problems in the environment

191

(65)

Introduction

191

(1)

Managerial methods

192

(35)

Problems of management (1): the nature of the physical environment

227

(11)

Problems of management (2): the nature of people

238

(15)

Summary

253

(3)

Environmental problems in social context

256

(64)

Introduction

256

(1)

Environmental degradation in the age of environmental awareness

257

(12)

Capitalism as the originator of unsustainability?

269

(15)

Aside from capitalism?

284

(11)

Capitalism: the cure to unsustainability?

295

(12)

Global social regulation to protect global nature

307

(12)

Conclusion

319

(1)

Alternative relations between society and nature

320

(49)

Introduction: alternatives to technocentrism

320

(1)

Ecocentric environmentalisms in Britain and North America

321

(35)

Modern environmentalism: holistic social movement or class ideologies?

356

(11)

Conclusion

367

(2)

Conclusion

369

(10)

So where have we got to?

369

(1)

What is nature?

369

(1)

How has the exploitative relationship between society and nature changed through time?

370

(1)

Is the exploitation of natures sustainable in the contemporary world?

371

(2)

Is it possible to manage this relationship to overcome or alleviate the problems it is creating?

373

(1)

Why do societies exploit nature unsustainably and who benefits?

374

(3)

Is it possible to have alternative relationships between societies and natures?

377

(2)

References

379

(46)

Index

425

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