The progressive environmental Prometheans : left-wing heralds of a "good anthropocene" / William B....
The progressive environmental Prometheans : left-wing heralds of a "good anthropocene" / William B....
The progressive environmental Prometheans : left-wing heralds of a "good anthropocene" / William B. Meyer.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
[London] : This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]
Call Numbers
G 2016/4093
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 220 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Earthviews and Worldviews -- Chapter 1: The Technocratic Prometheans: Engineering Society and Environment -- Chapter 2: The Scientific Prometheans: Studying Nature to Improve It -- Chapter 3: The Prophetic Prometheans: Envisioning a New World and New Earth -- Conclusion: The Politics o...
Publication information
Publisher
[London] : This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2016]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
This book is devoted to the exploration of environmental Prometheanism, the belief that human beings can and should master nature and remake it for the better. Meyer considers, among others, the question of why Prometheanism today is usually found on the political right while environmentalism is on the left. Chapters examine the works of leading Pr...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The progressive environmental Prometheans : left-wing heralds of a "good anthropocene" / William B. Meyer.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2016
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2016/4093
Record Identifier
74VKVm54yZRZ
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVm54yZRZ
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9783319292625 hardback
3319292625 hardback
DDC
628
MMS ID
991024018975702626
