Rationality And Nature: A Sociological Inquiry Into A Changing Relationship / Edition 1

by Raymond Murphy

Overview

Divergent beliefs about humanity's relationship to nature collide as the second millenium ends. One belief emphasizes that a distinctive characteristic of humans—reason—enables them to reshape and master nature. Another insists that nature is not so plastic, hence humans must adapt to nature and render development sustainable, or even limit growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367320126
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2019
Pages:	311
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Raymond Murphy is professor of sociology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is author of Rationality and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry into a Changing Relationship (WestviewPress 1994).

Table of Contents

Preface — The Intensification of Rationalization and Its Alternatives — Rationalization Under the Premise of Plasticity — Rationalization and Ecological Irrationality — Rationalization Under the Premise of Greenness — Rerationalization — Derationalization — The Sociology of Environmental Degradation — The Political Economy of Waste — Accounting for Waste and Accountability for Waste — Environmental Classes and Environmental Conflict — Toward a Symbiotic Relationship with Nature — Science and Applied Science as Partial Knowledge — Parasitism: A "Light Cloak" or an "Iron Cage"