Description: Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment by Joy A. Palmer, David E. Cooper A team of over twenty expert contributors summarise and analyse the thinking of fifty figures from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer, herself an important and prolific author on environmental matters, has assembled a team of thirty-five expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures -- from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are: Philosophers such as Rousseau, Spinoza and Heidegger Activists such as Chico Mendes Literary giants such as Virgil, Goethe and Wordsworth Major religious and spiritual figures such as the Buddha and St Francis of Assisi. Lucid, scholarly and informative, these fifty essays offer a fascinating overview of mankinds view and understanding of the physical world. Author Biography Joy A. Palmer Table of Contents Alphabetical list of contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Buddha, fifth century BCE; Chuang Tzu, fourth century BCE; Aristotle, 384-322 BCE; Virgil, 70-19 BCE; Saint Francis of Assisi, 1181/1-1226; Wang Yang-ming, 1472-1528; Michel de Montaigne, 1533-92; Francis Bacon, 1561-1626; Benedict Spinoza, 1632-77; Basho, 1644-94; Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-78; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832; Thomas Robert Mathus, 1766-1834; William Wordsworth, 1770-1850; John Clare, 1793-1864; Ralph Wardo Emerson, 1803-82; Charles Darwin, 1809-82; Henry David Thoreau, 1817-62; Karl Marx, 1818-83; John Ruskin, 1819-1900; Frederick Law Olmstead, 1822-1903; John Muir, 1838-1914; Anna Botsford Comstock, 1854-1930; Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941; Black Elk, 1862-1950; Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959; Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948; Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965; Aldo Leopold, 1887-1948; Robinson Jeffers, 1887-1962; Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976; Rachel Carson, 1907-64; Lynn White, Jr, 1907-87; E.F. Schumacher, 1911-77; Arne Naess, 1912-; John Passmore, 1914-; James Lovelock, 1919-; Ian McHarg, 1920-; Murray Bookchin, 1921-; Edward Osborne Wilson, 1929-; Paul Ehrlich, 1932-; Holmes Rolston III, 1932-; Rudolf Bahro, 1935-97; Gro Harlem Brundtland, 1939-; Val Plumwood, 1939-; J. Baird Callicott, 1941-; Susan Griffin, 1943-; Chico Mendes, 1944-88; Peter Singer, 1846-; Vandana Shiva, 1952- Details ISBN0415146992 Short Title 50 KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRON Series Routledge Key Guides Language English ISBN-10 0415146992 ISBN-13 9780415146999 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author David E. Cooper Illustrations black & white illustrations Edited by David E. Cooper Birth 1942 DOI 10.1604/9780415146999 UK Release Date 2000-12-07 AU Release Date 2000-12-07 NZ Release Date 2000-12-07 Pages 322 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2000 Publication Date 2000-12-07 Alternative 9780415146982 DEWEY 333.70922 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134411656;
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ISBN-13: 9780415146999
Book Title: Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment
Number of Pages: 321 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Year: 2000
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, History
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Weight: 363 g
Type: Textbook
Author: David Cooper, Joy A. Palmer, David E. Cooper
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Paperback
