The Philosophy of Social Ecology
Essays on Dialectical Naturalism
AK Press · Print & ebook · April 29, 2022
Our ecological problems stem from our social problems.
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- Who it’s for
- These essays connect questions about nature to society, politics, and the possibility of freedom.
- Genres
- Environmental Philosophy, Anarchism, Environmental Policy
- Published
- AK Press, April 29, 2022
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Our ecological problems stem from our social problems. Here's a framework for understanding both. What is nature? What is humanity's place in nature? And what is the relationship of society to the natural world? In an era of ecological breakdown, answering these questions has become of momentous importance for our everyday lives and for the future that we and other life-forms face.
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In the essays of The Philosophy of Social Ecology, Murray Bookchin confronts these questions head on: invoking the ideas of mutualism, self-organization, and unity in diversity, in the service of ever expanding freedom. Refreshingly polemical and deeply philosophical, they take issue with technocratic and mechanistic ways of understanding and relating to, and within, nature. More importantly, they develop a solid, historically and politically based ethical foundation for social ecology, the field that Bookchin himself created and that offers us hope in the midst of our climate catastrophe.
Nature and Society
These essays connect questions about nature to society, politics, and the possibility of freedom.
Come here for
- A framework linking ecological crisis to social relations
- Mutualism, self-organization, and freedom in conversation
Expect
- A polemical challenge to technocratic, mechanistic views of nature
- A historically and politically grounded ethics of social ecology
Where it sits
| Environmental Philosophy | 89% |
|---|---|
| Anarchism | 30% |
| Environmental Policy | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Political Philosophy
- Anarchism
- Social Theory
- Authors
- Murray Bookchin, Todd McGowan - afterword, James R. Cheatham
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Published
- April 29, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Political Philosophy