Mindful Conservatism: Re-thinking the Ideological and Educational Basis of an Ecologically Sustainable Future

Author:   C. A. Bowers
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780742533202


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   27 November 2003
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Mindful Conservatism: Re-thinking the Ideological and Educational Basis of an Ecologically Sustainable Future


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Mindful Conservatism examines how the misuse of our political vocabulary contributes to governmental, corporate, and educational policies that degrade the Earth's natural systems, and suggests ways to overcome this linguistic confusion to help recognize the fundamental connections between communities, sustainability, and the conservation of the world's diverse cultures.

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Author:   C. A. Bowers
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9780742533202


ISBN 10:   0742533204
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   27 November 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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By calling attention to the role of language in perpetuating current models of thought--Bowers gives us critical and constructive tools for rethinking the relationships between economics, the environment, and morality.--Sandra Lubarsky


Author Information

Chet Bowers is an Environmental Studies Professor at University of Oregon and is the author of twelve books on the relationship between education, culture and the environment.

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