"Tensions and Dilemmas of Ecotopianism"
This paper examines some of many tensions associated with the utopian propensity that underlies much thinking and action in radical environmentalism.
This paper examines some of many tensions associated with the utopian propensity that underlies much thinking and action in radical environmentalism.
In this essay Steward Davidson argues that bioregionalism’s assimilation of aspects of deep ecology, and particularly an emphasis upon cross-species identification, undermines the project in various ways.
In their paper, the authors argue that we owe a lot to Romantics, as they realised that nature only becomes a matter for ethical concern, inspiration and love when the mind and sensibility of the human observer/agent are properly attuned and receptive to its meaning.
This paper extends the argument in H.L.A. Hart’s “Are there any natural rights?” to argue that there is an environmental moral right against pollution.
In their paper, the authors present a comparative analysis of the vision and mission statements of international envrionmental organizations.
John O’Neill discusses the problems in conservation policy based upon the identification of ecological value with a particular conception of beauty and wilderness.
This paper examines the mentalities associated with the transformation of “nature” into urban life in industrial societies, with particular reference to the conversion of rainwater into tap water. It argues that industrial technologies dissociate urban dwellers from the natural environment upon which they depend.
Anne Chapman presents the world and the earth in the thought of Hannah Arendt.
In his paper, Simon P. James reconsiders Buddhist envrionmental ethics.
This paper examines the contestation of two forms of environmentalism, institutional ecomodernism versus a grassroots ecopopulism within the context of the ongoing dispute between a local community in the west of Ireland and both multinationals and the state, who are attempting to run gas pipelines from the Atlantic Corrib Field through the rural community’s lands.