{"product_id":"the-denial-of-nature-arne-johan-vetlesen-9780415724746","title":"The Denial of Nature: Environmental Philosophy in the Era of Global Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eA study of the increasingly precarious relationship between humans and nature, this book seeks to go beyond work already contributed to the environmental movement. It does so by highlighting the importance of experiencing, rather than merely theorizing nature, while realizing that such experience is becoming increasingly rare, thus reinforcing the estrangement from nature that is a source of its ongoing human-caused destruction. In his original approach to environmental philosophy, the author argues for the reinstatement of nature's value outside of its exploitative usefulness for human ends. Such a perspective emphasizes the extent to which the environmental problem is a concrete reality requiring urgent action, based on a multi-sensuous appreciation of humans' dependence on nonhuman lifeforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned as an accompaniment to undergraduate and postgraduate research, \u003ci\u003eThe Denial of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e draws on empirically informed literature from the social sciences to examine what life is really like for humans and nature in the era of global capitalism. The book contends that capitalist society exploits nature - both in the form of human capital and natural capital - more relentlessly than any other and offers an environmental philosophy which actively opposes current developments. Through discussions of the work of Teresa Brennan, Theodor Adorno, Martin Heidegger and Hans Jonas, and through a radical critique of the nature deficit in Jürgen Habermas' theory of capitalist modernity, \u003ci\u003eThe Denial of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e relies on insights from Critical Realism to bring together several, seldom-linked philosophies and suggest a new approach to the heavily-discussed question of environmental ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArne Johan Vetlesen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, Norway and the author of twenty books among them \u003cem\u003ePerception, Empathy and Judgment: An Inquiry into the Preconditions of Moral Performance \u003c\/em\u003e(1994), \u003cem\u003eClosenes: An Ethics \u003c\/em\u003e(with H. Jodalen; 1997), \u003cem\u003eEvil and Human Agency \u003c\/em\u003e​(2005) and \u003cem\u003eA Philosophy of Pain \u003c\/em\u003e(2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arne Johan Vetlesen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415724740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415724746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Arne Johan Vetlesen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064950894847,"sku":"9780415724746","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_551a0a68-88e9-4928-b5dd-4d86d12c7b7f.jpg?v=1768672131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-denial-of-nature-arne-johan-vetlesen-9780415724746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}