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How to Think Seriously About the Planet : the Case for an Environmental Conservatism.
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet, and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution. In How to Think Seri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet, and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution. In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects this view and offers a fresh approach to tackling the most important political problem of our time. The environmental movement, he contends, is philosophically confused and has unrealistic agendas. Its sights are directed at the largescale events and the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (464 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-442) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199895588 0199895589 1280595744 9781280595745 9781848870765 1848870760 |