Environmental Thought – A Short History Attfield Hardback Polity Press

Environmental ThoughtA Short History\nAuthor(s): Robin Attfield\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509536658, 978-1509536658\nSynopsis\nEnvironmental thought has a rich and extensive history. Philosopher Robin Attfield guides readers through the key developments and debates that have defined the field from ancient times to the present. Attfield investigates ancient, medieval and early modern environmental contributions; Darwin and his successors; the debate in America involving Thoreau, Marsh, Muir and Pinchot; the foundation of the science of ecology in the Western world; and twentieth century trailblazers like Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson. Central themes of key environmentalist works of the 1970s and 1980s are discussed, along with the major debates in environmental philosophy, including Lovelocks Gaia hypothesis. Attfield then turns to the current environmental emergency, encompassing the crises of climate .