"Argyrou's compelling argument has important implications for the
future of conservation and development...the argument is convincing
and covers many of the fundamental aspects involved in the creation
of the environmentalist worldview." . American Anthropologist
"This is...potentially an important book." . Environmental
Politics
Although modernity's understanding of nature and culture has now
been superseded by that of environmentalism, the power to define
the meaning of both, and hence the meaning of the world itself,
remains in the same (Western) hands. This bold argument is at the
center of this provocative book that challenges the widespread
assumption that environmentalism reflects a radical departure from
modernity. Our perception of nature may have changed, the author
maintains, but environmentalism remains a thoroughly modernist
project. It reproduces the cultural logic of modernity, a logic
that finds meaning in unity and therefore strives to efface
difference, and to reconfirm the position of the West as the source
of all legitimate signification.
Vassos Argyrou lectures in Social Anthropology at the
University of Hull. His research interests include social and
cultural theory, poststructuralism and postcolonialism and southern
Europe. Publications include "Tradition and Modernity in the
Mediterranean" (Cambridge University Press, 1996) and "Anthropology
and the Will to Meaning: A Postcolonial Critique" (Pluto Press
2002).
General
| Imprint: |
Berghahn Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology |
| Release date: |
September 2005 |
| First published: |
September 2005 |
| Authors: |
Vassos Argyrou
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84545-105-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Anthropology >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-84545-105-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781845451059 |
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