Environmental Thought: A Short History
Attfield guides readers through the key developments and debates that have defined the field from ancient times to the present.
Environmental Thought: A Short History Paperback – 2021 by Robin Attfield
Attfield guides readers through the key developments and debates that have defined the field from ancient times to the present. He covers ancient, medieval, and early modern environmental contributions - Darwin and his successors, the debate in America involving Thoreau, March, Muir and Pinchot. Also covered at the foundation of the science of ecology in the Western world, Aldo, Leopold and Rachel Carson. He covers the Gaia hypothesis, and turns to the current environmental emergency.
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"Robin Attfield has established his reputation as a leading philosopher of ecological thought. This textbook is illuminating, critically acute and accessible. It provides an essential background for developing informed intellectual responses to the present ecological crisis."Keith Ward, University of Oxford and Roehampton University
"A concise and critical overview of thinking about the environment in Western history. Discussing ideas in philosophy, science, religion, poetry and art, Robin Attfield provides much-needed historical context for contemporary environmental thought."
Katie McShane, Colorado State University
"Environmental Thought will remain for me a key work of reference, in which I can refresh my memory of some of the many fine gradations of thought and essential details of information it contains for the better understanding of what must surely be the dominant issue of our time."
John Freeman, Cardiff University
"Poised to offer a wonderful guide to someone just beginning to explore environmental philosophy but curious about its history, or someone looking to design a course on said topic... Whether new to the field or a seasoned environmental philosopher, readers are likely to find something in Attfield's Environmental Thought: A Short History worthy of exploration and reflection."
Environmental Values
"Attfield's new book shows that he is one of the leading authors in ecological ethics. There is no work on the history of ecological ideas of comparable comprehensiveness, conciseness and readability. It unfolds the richness and continuity of ecological thinking in the history of philosophy, theology and the arts and combines scholarship with a genuine engagement for present-day issues such as biodiversity and climate protection."
Dieter Birnbacher, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf