Deep Ecology: Living as If Nature Mattered

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Deep Ecology: Living as If Nature Mattered
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bill Devall
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:266
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreApplied ecology
Social impact of environmental issues
ISBN/Barcode 9780879052478
ClassificationsDewey:304.2
Audience
General
Edition New edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Imprint Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Publication Date 1 June 1985
Publication Country United States

Description

Deep Ecology explores the philosophical, psychological, and sociological roots of today's environmental movement, examines the human-centered assumptions behind most approaches to nature, explores the possibilities of an expanded human consciousness, and offers specific direct action suggestions for individuals to practice. Widely read in it first printing, Deep Ecology has established itself as one of the most significant books on environmental thought to appear in this decade. AUTHOR: Bill Devall has studied the social organization, politics, psychology and philosophy of the environmental movement for fifteen years. He teaches at Humbolt State University in California and is active in many environmental groups including Earth First! and the Sierra Club. George Sessions teaches philosophy at Sierra College California. He was appointed to the Mountaineering Committee of the the Sierra Club in 1962, has served as a philosophy consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is editor of the International Ecophilosophy Newsletter.

Author Biography

Bill Devall has studied the social organization, politics, psychology and philosophy of the environmental movement for fifteen years. He teaches at Humbolt State University in California and is active in many environmental groups including Earth First! and the Sierra Club. George Sessions teaches philosophy at Sierra College California. He was appointed to the Mountaineering Committee of the the Sierra Club in 1962, has served as a philosophy consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is editor of the International Ecophilosophy Newsletter.