The Question of Limits
A Historical Perspective on the Environmental Crisis
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2018
Summary
We have forgotten how to think about limits. Most philosophical approaches to the environment have focused primarily on the value of the natural world, the status of anthropocentrism and the Anthropocene, and the largely ethical questions of our impact on the world. While fully acknowledging these concerns, this book emphasizes the centrality of the confrontation between the imperative of growth that has been present since the Enlightenment and our belated rediscovery of limits. The expres…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781138334861 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1138334863 |
| Author: | Christian Marouby |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Sustainability |
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About The Author
Christian Marouby
Christian Marouby is an Emeritus Professor of Mills College, USA. He is the author of two previous books, Utopie et primitivisme: Essai sur l’imaginaire anthropologique à l’âge classique (1990) and L’économie de la nature: Essai sur l’anthropologie d’Adam Smith (2004).
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