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In this book, a celebration of the work of the sociologist Peter Dickens serves as the catalyst for exploring the relationship between human ‘internal nature’ (our health and psychological well-being) and ‘external nature’ (the environment on which we depend and which we collectively transform). Across contributions from Ted Benton, James Ormrod, Kate Soper, John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark, Graham Sharp, James Addicott, Kathryn Dean and Peter Dickens himself, the book draws attention to alienation associated with the promotion of different knowledges in late capitalist production. But it also highlights the possibilities for generating less alienated relations with our environment in the future. As well as discussing the philosophical and theoretical issues involved, the book contains contemporary case studies of ultra-processed food, satellite farming, computerised thinking and dark tourism.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Work of Peter Dickens
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Philosophical and Theoretical Debates
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
James S. Ormrod is a Principal Lecturer in Sociology, University of Brighton, UK. His research interests are in social movements and the relationships human beings have with their environment and the universe in general. He is the author of Fantasy and Social Movements (2014) and, with Peter Dickens, Cosmic Society (2007).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Changing our Environment, Changing Ourselves
Book Subtitle: Nature, Labour, Knowledge and Alienation
Editors: James S. Ormrod
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56991-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56990-5Published: 09 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84895-9Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56991-2Published: 28 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 315
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour