environmentalism


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the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth

the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction

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He coined the term "philanthropic environmentalism" to counter "misanthropic environmentalism" (aka Green Calvinism), which he finds common in American culture.
In her wide-ranging scholarly study, that's where Nicole Seymour focuses her attention, analyzing films, television shows, literature, and performances that represent "bad environmentalism," which she defines as "environmental thought that employs dissident, often-denigrated affects and sensibilities" to the current environmental crisis.
In his new book Environmentalism of the Rich, Peter Dauvergne argues that much of the blame can be placed on modern environmentalism itself.
The first wave of environmentalism in Europe arose in the years before the First World War.
In the environmentalism literature, one strong research stream is the discussion on the attitudes toward environment issues and how they differ between citizens of the Global North and those of Global South.
Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation, the latest version of Terry Anderson and Donald Leal's compendium Free Market Environmentalism, follows the path opened by Coase.
Although environmentalism has undoubtedly impacted cultural narratives, it has historically lacked the potency to drive drastic changes in Western consumption behavior (e.g., Clements, McCright, and Xiao 2014; Kilbourne and Pickett 2008).
In Loving Nature, Fearing the State, Brian Drake examines this passage, arguing that the rise and development of American environmentalism in the postwar years was entangled with classical conservative political values--particularly antistatist views about big government and laissez-faire capitalism--that created complex ideological, political, and environmental amalgamations, which proved difficult to maintain as the conservative wing of the Republican Party rose to dominance in the Reagan years.
Joy Porter, a professor of indigenous history at the University of Hull, contributes to this conversation with her book Native American Environmentalism: Land, Spirit, and the Idea of Wilderness.
Questioning Germany's Leading Role in Environmentalism
No doubt environmentalism has many expressions, but it is hard to see how this outlook is in principle opposed to Christian faith, as a letter in the September issue claims (Worship God, not creation, Sept.
The incident exemplifies the problematic triumph of environmentalism in modern America.
Synopsis: The Age of Ecology is the first major study of the history of environmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the nature cults of the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today.
American environmentalism; philosophy, history, and public policy.
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