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Environment and Society
Manuel Arias-Maldonado
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Description for Environment and Society
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM; LNKJ; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 232.
This short book sets out to explore the concept of nature in the context of a changing reality, in which the extent of our transformation of the environment has become evident: What is nature and to what extent has humanity transformed it? How do nature and society relate to one another? What does the idea of a sustainable society entail and how can nature be understood as a political subject? What is the Anthropocene and how does it affect nature as both an idea and a material entity? Has nature perhaps “ended?” In addressing these questions, the author delivers a ... Read more
This short book sets out to explore the concept of nature in the context of a changing reality, in which the extent of our transformation of the environment has become evident: What is nature and to what extent has humanity transformed it? How do nature and society relate to one another? What does the idea of a sustainable society entail and how can nature be understood as a political subject? What is the Anthropocene and how does it affect nature as both an idea and a material entity? Has nature perhaps “ended?” In addressing these questions, the author delivers a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Political Science
Number of Pages
131
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319159515
SKU
V9783319159515
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Ref
99-15
About Manuel Arias-Maldonado
Manuel Arias Maldonado (1974) is Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Malaga, Spain. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in the University of Berkeley, a research associate at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich and has researched in places such as Keele, Oxford and Siena. He has worked extensively on environmental issues, from a sociopolitical as well as ... Read more
Reviews for Environment and Society
“This very compelling book appears in a series entitled ‘SpringerBriefs in Political Science’, and it ably fulfils the assignment of presenting the key issues relevant to its topic quickly and efficiently. … Environment and Society is thus extremely successful as a report from the field, on the state of normative reflection on recent research on the complex interactions between human ... Read more