Main entry:

Morris, Brian, 1936- author.

Title & Author:

Pioneers of ecological humanism : Mumford, Dubos and Bookchin / Brian Morris.

Publication:

Montreal : Black Rose Books, [2017]
©2017

Description:

ix, 274 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index.
Lewis Mumford and organic humanism. The radical scholar -- Lewis Mumford : the formative years -- Technics and civilization -- The culture of cities -- Western culture and its transformation : the rise of mechanistic philosophy -- The insurgence of Romanticism and Utilitarian philosophy -- Mumford's organic philosophy -- The renewal of life -- René Dubos and ecological humanism. René Dubos and the celebration of life -- The living world and human nature -- sociocultural evolution and the human personality -- The ecology of health and disease -- The theology of the earth -- Humanized landscapes -- The wooing of the Earth -- Science and holism -- The social ecology of Murray Bookchin. Bookchin's life and work -- The environmental crisis and eco-anarchism -- Toward an ecological society -- The concept of social ecology -- The deep ecology movement -- Deep ecology, biocentrism and misanthropy -- Neo-malthusianism and the politics of deep ecology -- The philosophy of social ecology -- In defence of the Enlightenment.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on "Architecture and/for the Environment", 2017-2019, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Summary:

"In this remarkable new book Brian Morris examines the lives, works and philosophy of three key thinkers in the field of modern ecology. Lewis Mumford, René Dubos and Murray Bookchin, Morris argues, all made hugely important contributions to thinking in the field, and have all equally been overlooked or misunderstood by their contemporaries and successors. In examining the concepts of organic or ecological humanism and social ecology as presented by Mumford, Dubos and Bookchin respectively, Professor Morris paves the way for fresh debate about the interaction between human beings and their environment, and, vitally, about what 'ecology, ' 'environmentalism' and 'conservation' actually mean and should seek to achieve in years to come. Essential reading for anyone with an interest or active role in ecology and its associate disciplines, Pioneers of Ecological Humanism is written in a clear and refreshingly direct style that will appeal to activists, academics and armchair ecologists alike."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781551646077 (softcover)
1551646072 (softcover)
9781551646091 (hardcover)
1551646099 (hardcover)

Subject:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982.
Bookchin, Murray, 1921-2006.
Ecology Philosophy.
Humanism.
Écologie Philosophie.
Humanisme.
humanism.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298806
Call No.: BIB 244939
Status: Available