{"product_id":"environment-and-social-theory-john-barry-9780415376174","title":"Environment and Social Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten in an engaging and accessible manner by one of the leading scholars in his field, \u003cem\u003eEnvironment and Social Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, completed revised and updated with two new chapters, is an indispensable guide to the way in which the environment and social theory relate to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis popular text outlines the complex interlinking of the environment, nature and social theory from ancient and pre-modern thinking to contemporary social theorizing. John Barry: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eexamines the ways major religions such as Judaeo-Christianity have and continue to conceptualize the environment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eanalyzes the way the non-human environment features in Western thinking from Marx and Darwin, to Freud and Horkheimer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplores the relationship between gender and the environment, postmodernism and risk society schools of thought, and the contemporary ideology of orthodox economic thinking in social theorising about the environment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow humans value, use and think about the environment, is an increasingly central and important aspect of recent social theory. It has become clear that the present generation is faced with a series of unique environmental dilemmas, largely unprecedented in human history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith summary points, illustrative examples, glossary and further reading sections this invaluable resource will benefit anyone with an interest in environmentalism, politics, sociology, geography, development studies and environmental and ecological economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415376173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415376174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.51w x 0.81d","brand":"John Barry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064907903231,"sku":"9780415376174","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2716aa5a-1e64-4473-b764-e547de80d4a4.jpg?v=1768671842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/environment-and-social-theory-john-barry-9780415376174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}