John Gibson aims to challenge the myths and prejudices underlying the growing popularity of Green politics in the West. "The Politics of Modern Environmentalism" looks closely at major environmental concerns, across the developed and the developing worlds and locates the growth of modern environmentalism in the failings of world capitalism. Gibson intends to demonstrate that perceptions of crisis in the world environment are determined by political and social factors rather than a rational or scientific investigation. The book's purpose is to defend the idea of fundamental human progress and social change. It aims to show that current limitations to this aim are social and not natural. Looking to the future, Gibson weighs up the prospects for the Green movement in the 1990s and is critical of the new theories of social change that are currently taking shape within the movement.
- ISBN10 0745304621
- ISBN13 9780745304625
- Publish Date 1 January 1987
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 2 October 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pluto Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English