Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment (Routledge Key Guides)

Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment (Routledge Key Guides)

by Joy Palmer (Editor)

Synopsis

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 mankind's view and understanding of the physical world.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07 Dec 2000

ISBN 10: 0415146992
ISBN 13: 9780415146999