Climate change and philosophy
Subtitle: transformational possibilities
By: edited by Ruth Irwin
Series: Continuum studies in philosophy; Continuum studies in philosophy
Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780826440655
Subjects: Philosophy; Climatic changes
Description: "Climate Change and Philosophy presents ten original essays by an international team of expert contributors, exploring the important contribution philosophical inquiry can make to contemporary debates to do with climate change and the global environment. Examining this hugely topical issue through the lens of environmental philosophy, political theory, philosophy of technology, philosophy of education and feminist theory, these essays interrogate some of the presumptions that inform modernity and our interaction with natural processes. The book asks fundamental questions about human nature and, more importantly, the concept of 'nature' itself..."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Field, being, climate : climate philosophy and cognitive evolution  -- Martin Schönfeld; title: Nature in active voice  -- Val Plumwood; title: Reflections on modern climate change and finitude  -- Ruth Irwin; title: Changing worldviews to cope with a changing climate  -- Leo Elshof; title: Education at the end of nature : learning to cope with climate change  -- Timothy W. Luke; title: Education against climate change : information and technological focuse are not enough  -- Edgar J. González Gaudiano; title: Climate change education in a context of risk and vulnerability  -- Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Lesley le Grange; title: Myths of climate change : deckchairs and development  -- Trish Glazebrook; title: Mediated responsibilities, global warming, and the scope of ethics  -- Robin Attfield; title: Transforming resource use in the light of climate change -- Murray Sheard.