Rationality and the environment : decision-making in environmental politics and assessment / Bo Elli...
Rationality and the environment : decision-making in environmental politics and assessment / Bo Elli...
Rationality and the environment : decision-making in environmental politics and assessment / Bo Elling.
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Publisher
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N363.70561/8
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English
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Physical content
xi, 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Environment as a Goal -- Ch. 3. Modernity and Reflexivity -- Ch. 4. Ecological Modernization -- Ch. 5. The Environmental Politics of Modernity.
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Publisher
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"This revolutionary work argues that ethical and aesthetic dimensions can only be brought into environmental politics and policies by citizens actively taking a stand on the specific matters in question. The author draws on Habermas' trisection of rationality as cognitive-instrumental, moral-practical and aesthetic-expressive, to suggest that truly...
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Rationality and the environment : decision-making in environmental politics and assessment / Bo Elling.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-273) and index.
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N363.70561/8
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74VM8DDpJm3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8DDpJm3M
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ISBN
9781844075249 (hbk.)
1844075249 (hbk.)
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363.70561
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991000030139702626
