Radkau The Age of Ecology

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7999-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 600 Seiten, E-Book

This book is the first major study of the history ofenvironmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the naturecults of the late 18th century to the global environmentalmovements of today.
Radkau shows that this is not a single story of the steady ascentof environmentalism but rather a multiplicity of stories, each withits own dramatic tension: between single-issue movements and thechallenges posed by the interconnection of environmental issues,between charismatic leaders and bureaucratic organizations, andbetween grassroot movements and global players. While the historycan be traced back several centuries, environmentalism hasflourished since the 'environmental revolution' of1970, spurred on by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 and thegrowing concern about global warming. While environmentalists oftenopposed the scientific mainstream, they were also often led byscientific knowledge. Environmentalism is the true Enlightenment ofour time D so much so that we can call our era 'the ageof ecology'.
This timely and comprehensive global history of environmentalismwill be essential reading for anyone concerned with the mostpressing global issues of our time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radkau, Joachim

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the English Edition vii
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction: The Green Chameleon 1
One Environmentalism before the Environmental Movement11
1 Good Mother Nature and the 'Appalling WoodShortage': The Twin Face of Nature in the Decline of theCommons 11
2 Nature in Need of Protection and Nature as Healing Power:Environmental Activism in the 'Nervous Age' 24
3 'The Desert Threatens': Environmental Fears in theAge of Crisis - the New Deal and Nazi Germany 46
4 Think Big! A Charismatic Intermezzo on the Olympian Heights61
Two The Great Chain Reaction: The 'EcologicalRevolution' in and around 1970 79
Three Networked Thinking and Practical Priorities: An EndlessInterplay 114
1 On the Ecology of Ecologism 121
2 Water and the Atom 137
3 Changing Priorities: The Movement in Motion 162
Four Charismatics and Ecocrats 182
1 Spiritual Quest and Charismatic Moments 182
2 Ten Heroines Embodying Tensions in the Movement 201
3 Institutionalization, Routinization, Revitalization 237
Five A Friend-Enemy or Win-Win Scenario? 259
1 From Nuclear Power to the Spotted Owl 259
2 Violence and the Green Conscience 288
3 Ecology and Economics: The Challenge of Conceptual Analogy320
Six Ecology and the Historic Turn of 1990: From SocialJustice to Climate Justice? 339
Conclusion: The Dialectic of Green Enlightenment 425
Notes 432
Index 517

Über Autor(innen)

Joachim Radkau is professor of modern history at BielefeldUniversity, Germany. His previous publications include Wood: AHistory and Max Weber: A Biography.