One of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis
is that no-one has a clear pictue of what is taking place.
Environmental problems are real enough but they bring home the
inadequacy of our knowledge. How does the natural world relate to
the social world? Why do we continue to have such a poor
understanding? How can ecological knowledge be made to relate to
our understanding of human society? The book argues that the
division of labour is a key but neglected factor underlying
people's inability to adequately understand and relate to the
natural world. The argument extends Marx's theory of alienation to
account for inadequate knowledge and therefore inadequate concern
for nature. Using recent developments in "critical realist"
philosophy, the book aims to find ways of reorganising knowledge in
the light of ecological consciousness. It also corrects the
emphasis of much environmental literature by focussing on
production rather than consumption.
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