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Author:   Katrina Forrester (Harvard University, Massachusetts) ,  Sophie Smith (University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781107199286

ISBN 10:   110719928
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   25 January 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: history, theory and the environment Katrina Forrester and Sophie Smith; Part I. Time Nature and the Land: 2. Is there any place for environmental thinking in early modern European political thought? Annabel Brett; 3. 'Sustainability', resources and the destiny of states in German cameralist thought Paul Warde; 4. Abundance and scarcity in geological time, 1784–1844 Fredrick Albritton Jonsson; 5. Slack Malcolm Bull; Part II. Science, Agency and the Future: 6. The nature of fear and the fear of nature from Hobbes to the hydrogen bomb Deborah Coen; 7. Between Frankfurt and Vienna: two traditions of political ecology John O'Neill and Thomas Uebel; 8. Uncertainty, action and politics: the problem of negligibility Melissa Lane; 9. What kind of problem is negligibility: a response to Melissa Lane Richard Tuck; 10. Optimism, pessimism, fatalism David Runciman; Afterword: climate change in the light of the past Quentin Skinner.

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Advance praise: 'This is a pathbreaking collection of essays on the place of environmental themes in the history of political thought, and the relevance of that history to today's ecological crises. We will be drawing on these insights for years to come.' Jedediah Purdy, Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law, Duke University, North Carolina

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Katrina Forrester is assistant professor of government and social studies at Harvard University, Massachusetts. Sophie Smith is associate professor of political theory at the University of Oxford.

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