The Philosophy of Social Ecology
Title | The Philosophy of Social Ecology PDF eBook |
Author | Murray Bookchin |
Publisher | AK Press |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 2022-04-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1849354413 |
What is nature? What is humanity's place in nature? And what is the relationship of society to the natural world? In an era of ecological breakdown, answering these questions has become of momentous importance for our everyday lives and for the future that we and other life-forms face. In the essays of The Philosophy of Social Ecology, Murray Bookchin confronts these questions head on: invoking the ideas of mutualism, self-organization, and unity in diversity, in the service of ever expanding freedom. Refreshingly polemical and deeply philosophical, they take issue with technocratic and mechanistic ways of understanding and relating to, and within, nature. More importantly, they develop a solid, historically and politically based ethical foundation for social ecology, the field that Bookchin himself created and that offers us hope in the midst of our climate catastrophe.
Social Ecology After Bookchin
Title | Social Ecology After Bookchin PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Light |
Publisher | Guilford Press |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9781572303799 |
For close to four decades, Murray Bookchin's eco-anarchist theory of social ecology has inspired philosophers and activists working to link environmental concerns with the desire for a free and egalitarian society. New veins of social ecology are now emerging, both extending and challenging Bookchin's ideas. For this instructive book, Andrew Light has assembled leading theorists to contemplate the next steps in the development of social ecology. Topics covered include reassessing ecological ethics, combining social ecology and feminism, building decentralized communities, evaluating new technology, relating theory to activism, and improving social ecology through interaction with other left traditions.
Social Ecology and Communalism
Title | Social Ecology and Communalism PDF eBook |
Author | Murray Bookchin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
A collection of essays by the late Murray Bookchin, the acclaimed writer and activist who spent most of his life working towards a better world. The basic premise of social ecology is to re-harmonise the balance between society and nature, to create a rational ecological society - aims that are increasingly vital and increasingly a part of the mainstream political discourse. This collection of essays give an overview and introduction to his ideas.
Philosophy of Social Ecology
Title | Philosophy of Social Ecology PDF eBook |
Author | Murray Bookchin |
Publisher | Black Rose Books Ltd. |
Pages | |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781551644714 |
Beneath the Surface
Title | Beneath the Surface PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Katz |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780262611497 |
This book approaches deep ecology as a philosophy, not as a political, social, or environmental movement.
Toward an Ecological Society
Title | Toward an Ecological Society PDF eBook |
Author | Murray Bookchin |
Publisher | AK Press |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2024-03-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1849354456 |
Visionary essays from a founder of the modern ecology movement. In this collection of essays, Murray Bookchin's vision for an ecological society remains central as he addresses questions of urbanism and city planning, technology, self-management, energy, utopianism, and more. Throughout, he opposes efforts to reduce ecology to a toothless “environmentalism,” a task as vital today as when these essays were first published. Written between 1969 and 1979, the essays in this collection represent a fascinating and fertile period in Bookchin’s life. Coming out of the unfulfilled promise of the sixties and trying to develop a revolutionary critique of social life that avoided the pitfalls of Marxism, he was entering his creative intellectual peak. He was laying the foundations of a truly social ecology: a society based on decentralization, interdependence, democratic self-management, mutual aid, and solidarity. Presented with clarity and fervor, these key works contain the kernels of concerns that would occupy him until his death in 2006. This edition also includes a new foreword by Dan Chodorkoff, someone who was with Bookchin at the founding of his Institute for Social Ecology and who understand his work better than anyone.
Social Ecology and the Right to the City
Title | Social Ecology and the Right to the City PDF eBook |
Author | Federico Venturini |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | City and town life |
ISBN | 9781551646817 |
"Cities today are increasingly at the forefront of the environmental and social crisis, and are both a major cause but also a potential solution. Across the world a new wave of urban social movements are arising: movements fighting hostile immigration policies, misogynistic culture, ecological devastation, and social exclusion; movements building economic, social, and political alternatives based on solidarity, equality and participation."--