Key Thinkers on the Environment

Editors: Cooper, Joy A. Palmer and Cooper, David E.
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge

Single-User Purchase Price: $140.00
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ISBN: 978-1-138-68472-0
Category: Science - Environmental sciences
Book Status: Available
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Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper, themselves distinguished authors on environmental matters, have assembled a team of expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of diverse and stimulating figures from around the world and from ancient times to the present day.

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  • Notes on contributors
  • Preface
  • CONFUCIUS, 551–479 BCE - YUE ZHUANG
  • BUDDHA, FIFTH CENTURY BCE - PURUSHOTTAMA BILIMORIA
  • ZHUANGZI, c.370–c.286 BCE - DAVID E. COOPER
  • ARISTOTLE, 384–322 BCE - DAVID E. COOPER
  • VIRGIL, 70–19 BCE - PHILIP R. HARDIE
  • SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, 1181/2–1226 - ANDREW LINZEY AND ARA BARSAM
  • WANG YANG-MING, 1472–1528 - T. YAMAUCHI
  • MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE 1533–1592 - ANN MOSS
  • FRANCIS BACON, 1561–1626 - PAUL S. MACDONALD
  • BENEDICT SPINOZA, 1632–1677 - PAUL S. MACDONALD
  • BASHŌ, 1644–1694 - DAVID J. MOSSLEY
  • JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU, 1712–1778 - PAUL S. MACDONALD
  • IMMANUEL KANT, 1724–1804 - EMILY BRADY
  • JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, 1749–1832 - COLIN RIORDAN
  • ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, 1769–1859 - NICOLAAS A. RUPKE
  • WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1770–1850 - W. JOHN COLETTA
  • JOHN CLARE, 1793–1864 - W. JOHN COLETTA
  • RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1803–1882 - HOLMES ROLSTON III
  • CHARLES DARWIN, 1809–1882 - ALAN HOLLAND
  • HENRY DAVID THOREAU, 1817–1862 - LAURA DASSOW WALLS
  • KARL MARX, 1818–1883 - RICHARD SMITH
  • JOHN RUSKIN, 1819–1900 - RICHARD SMITH
  • FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, 1822–1903 - R. TERRY SCHNADELBACH
  • JOHN MUIR, 1838–1914 - PETER BLAZE CORCORAN
  • ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, 1854–1930 - PETER BLAZE CORCORAN
  • RABINDRANATH TAGORE, 1861–1941 - KALYAN SEN GUPTA
  • BLACK ELK, 1862–1950 - J. BAIRD CALLICOTT
  • JAKOB VON UEXKÜLL, 1864–1944 - CARLO BRENTARI
  • FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, 1867–1959 - ROBERT McCARTER
  • MAHATMA GANDHI, 1869–1948 - PURUSHOTTAMA BILIMORIA
  • ALBERT SCHWEITZER, 1875–1965 - ARA BARSAM AND ANDREW LINZEY
  • ALDO LEOPOLD, 1887–1948 - J. BAIRD CALLICOTT
  • ROBINSON JEFFERS, 1887–1962 - MICHAEL McDOWELL
  • MARTIN HEIDEGGER, 1889–1976 - SIMON P. JAMES
  • EVE BALFOUR, 1898–1990 - ERIN GILL
  • RACHEL CARSON, 1907–1964 - PETER BLAZE CORCORAN
  • LYNN WHITE, JR, 1907–1987 - MICHAEL PAUL NELSON
  • MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY, 1908–1961 - BRYAN E. BANNON
  • E.F. SCHUMACHER, 1911–1977 - SATISH KUMAR
  • JOHN CAGE, 1912–1992 - PETER JAEGER
  • ARNE NAESS, 1912–2009 - DAVID E. COOPER
  • JOHN PASSMORE, 1914–2004 - DAVID E. COOPER
  • JUDITH WRIGHT, 1915–2000 - NICHOLAS BIRNS
  • BARRY COMMONER, 1917–2012 - PETER DREIER
  • JAMES LOVELOCK, 1919– - MICHAEL ALLABY
  • MARY MIDGLEY, 1919– - ELIZABETH McKINNELL
  • MURRAY BOOKCHIN, 1921–2006 - JOHN BARRY
  • THICH NHAT HANH, 1926– - ELLI WEISBAUM
  • EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON, 1929– - PHILLIP J. GATES
  • YI-FU TUAN, 1930– - PAUL C. ADAMS
  • PAUL EHRLICH, 1932– - IAN G. SIMMONS
  • HOLMES ROLSTON III, 1932– - JACK WEIR
  • SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR, 1933– - SARAH E. ROBINSON-BERTONI
  • WENDELL BERRY, 1934– - JASON PETERS
  • JANE GOODALL, 1934– - MARC BEKOFF
  • RUDOLF BAHRO, 1935–1997 - JOHN BARRY
  • RODERICK NASH, 1939– - GREGORY GRAVES
  • VAL PLUMWOOD, 1939–2008 - NICHOLAS GRIFFIN
  • PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW, 1940– - JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS AND FREDERICK W. KRUEGER
  • WANGARI MAATHAI, 1940–2011 - MIA MACDONALD
  • J. BAIRD CALLICOTT, 1941– - MICHAEL PAUL NELSON
  • BOB HUNTER, 1941–2005 - THOMAS E. HART
  • SUSAN GRIFFIN, 1943– - CHERYLL GLOTFELTY
  • CHICO MENDES, 1944–1988 - JOY A. PALMER COOPER
  • BARRY LOPEZ, 1945– - DIANE WARNER
  • PETER SINGER, 1946– - PAULA CASAL
  • AL GORE, 1948– - THOMAS E. HART
  • VANDANA SHIVA, 1952– - LYNETTE J. DUMBLE
  • BILL McKIBBEN, 1960– - THOMAS E. HART
  • PAVAN SUKHDEV, 1960– - PAUL KNIGHTS AND STIJN NEUTELEERS