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The author uses the work of the eminent Canadian philosopher, Charles Taylor, to develop a critique of those political perspectives that are based on instrumental ways to reason about the world, claiming that such perspectives invariably sever the connections between the social and natural worlds.

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Author:   Glen Lehman
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.698kg
ISBN:  

9781137524775

ISBN 10:   1137524774
Pages:   201
Publication Date:   10 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I 1. Introduction 2. Basic Issues in Taylor ' 's Philosophy 3. Taylor ' 's Interpretivism, Knowledge and the Natural Environment 4. Taylor ' 's Interpretivism, Social Imaginaries and the Natural Environment 5. Taylor ' 's Metaphysics, Merleau-Ponty and the Natural Environment PART II 6. Taylor ' 's Environmentalism and Critique of Utilitarianism and Instrumental Reason 7. Taylor ' 's Critique of Instrumentalism, Liberalism and Procedure in Politics 8. Interpretation, Language and Environmental Values: The Habermas and Taylor Debate 9. Critical Perspectives: The Taylor-Rorty Debate 10. Taylor and Deep Ecology 11. Critical Environmentalism: Marx to Taylor ' 's Interpretivism 12. Conclusion

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Glen Lehman is Associate Professor in the School of Commerce, University of South Australia. He has published over 70 scholarly articles in a range of prestigious journals: Philosophy and Social Criticism, Journal of Business Ethics, Critical Perspectives on Accounting and Journal of Corporate Citizenship. Professor Lehman is a member of the British Political Studies Association as well as the British, American and Australian Accounting Associations.

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