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Pragmatic Environmentalism
Shane Ralston
其他書名
Towards a Rhetoric of Eco-justice
出版Troubador, 2013
主題Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable DevelopmentLanguage Arts & Disciplines / RhetoricNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionPhilosophy / Movements / PragmatismPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Process / Political AdvocacySocial Science / Activism & Social Justice
ISBN17808837819781780883786
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BuodmAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Although this book is about the newly emerging academic field of environmental communication, it is also about voice and practical activism. Shane Ralston contends that a deeply pragmatic form of environmental communication has the potential to transform the way environmental activists speak about their methods and goals - moving them toward a rhetoric of eco-justice.Sometimes looking forward requires stepping back - in this case back to two progressive era thinkers who revolutionised our outlook on social and environmental justice: John Dewey and Aldo Leopard. The author argues that the impoverished state of present day studies in environmental communication can be traced to a shallow conception of the pragmatic - a conception that can be made deeper through recourse to Dewey's and Leopold's ideas. Originating from their philosophies are twin rhetorics of control and restraint, thatwhen balanced define a rhetoric of eco-justice. This new approach to speaking about environmental matters proves helpful for contemporary environmental activists - particularly when working in the areas of wilderness preservation, gardening politics, global climate change and environmental justice