Critical Ecologies: The Frankfurt School and Contemporary Environmental Crises - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0802095658 ISBN 13: 9780802095657

Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Environmental movements are the subject of increasingly rigorous political theoretical study. Can the Frankfurt School's critical frameworks be used to address ecological issues, or do environmental conflicts remain part of the "failed promise" of this group? Critical Ecologies aims to redeem the theories of major Frankfurt thinkers—Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse, among others—by applying them to contemporary environmental crises.

Critical Ecologies argues that sustainability and critical social theory have many similar goals, including resistance to different forms of domination. Like the Frankfurt School itself, the essays in this volume reflect a spirit of interdisciplinarity and draw attention to intersections between environmental, socio-political, and philosophical issues. Offering textual analyses by leading scholars in both critical theory and environmental politics, Critical Ecologies underscores the continued relevance of the Frankfurt School's ideas for addressing contemporary issues.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Andrew Biro is an assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Political Science at Acadia University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0802095658
• ISBN 13: 9780802095657
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 366
• Redattore: Biro Andrew