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Thanks -- and for your text, rec'd in Austria, which really made me laugh (albeit a bit wryly)! For no particular reason, I'll forward a photo I just rec'd of the group I was on retreat with. A very, very nice group of people. Please let me know if you'll be in London with any time to spare, Nigel. Warmly, P. At 07:55 22/07/2011, you wrote: >I've ordered it now, Patrick! >VBW >Nigel > >________________________________ > >From: Discussion forum for environmental ethics. on behalf of Patrick Curry >Sent: Tue 12/07/2011 20:04 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: New book on ecoethics > > >Hello. I would be grateful if you would post this message (below) on your >list; it should interest your members... > > > >Ecological Ethics: An Introduction > > > > >Patrick Curry > > (Polity Press, 22 July 2011) > >This book was first published in 2006. It was meant not only for academics >but anyone, including activists, who wants to understand ecological/ >environmental ethics better. Unlike nearly all other such books, its >starting-point was that all value ultimately inheres not just in human beings >but in the Earth itself and all its creatures. > >In this revised, updated and greatly expanded new edition, I argue that a new >and truly ecological ethic is both possible and urgently needed. With this >point in mind, the book introduces and discusses all the major concepts >needed to understand the full range of ecological ethics. > >Light green or anthropocentric ethics with the examples of stewardship, >lifeboat ethics and social ecology; the mid-green or intermediate ethics of >animal liberation/rights; and dark or deep green ecocentric ethics are all >discussed. Of the last kind, particular attention is given to the Land Ethic, >the Gaia Hypothesis, and Deep Ecology and its offshoots: Deep Green Theory, >Left Biocentrism and the Earth Manifesto. The new edition emphasises the >importance of virtue ethics and its close relationship with ecocentrism. >Other chapters discuss ecofeminism, green citizenship, green ethics as >post-secular, moral pluralism and pragmatism, and human population in the >light of ecological ethics. > >In this edition, all chapters have been updated and are joined by new >discussions, from an ecocentric perspective, of climate change, wind power >and energy, capitalism, sustainable economies, green education, traditional >ecological knowledge, the treatment of animals as an ecocentric issue, >vegetarianism, the food system, Buddhism, and animism as integral to a green >virtue ethic. > >This comprehensive and wide-ranging book offers a radical but critical >introduction to the subject which puts ecocentrism and the critique of >anthropocentrism back at the top of the ethical, intellectual and political >agenda. It will be of great interest to students and activists, and to a >wider public. > >For more information, see: http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745651259 > >Lastly, please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested! > >Thank you very much, > >Patrick > > >(Dr) PATRICK CURRY > >15 Hofland Road >London W14 0LN >UK > >Tel. + 44 (0)20 7603 7835 >Email: [log in to unmask] > >Website: www.patrickcurry.co.uk > ><http://www.patrickcurry.co.uk/> _/|\_ > > > >Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management >service <http://www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems> > >-- > >EMERGING EXCELLENCE: In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, >more than 30% of our submissions were rated as 'Internationally >Excellent' or 'World-leading'. 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