The Progressive Environmental Prometheans - Left-Wing Heralds of a "Good Anthropocene" (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book is devoted to the exploration of environmental Prometheanism, the belief that human beings can and should master nature and remake it for the better. Meyer considers, among others, the question of why Prometheanism today is usually found on the political right while environmentalism is on the left. Chapters examine the works of leading Promethean thinkers of nineteenth and early and mid-twentieth century Britain, France, America, and Russia and how they tied their beliefs about the earth to a progressive, left-wing politics. Meyer reconstructs the logic of this "progressive Prometheanism" and the reasons it has vanished from the intellectual scene today. The Progressive Environmental Prometheans broadens the reader's understanding of the history of the ideas behind Prometheanism. This book appeals to anyone with an interest in environmental politics, environmental history, global history, geography and Anthropocene studies.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	William B. Meyer
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-29262-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	3-319-29262-5
Barcode:	9783319292625

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