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Charting the origins of the modern ecology movement over more than two thousand years, this volume gives a voice to those hidden from history, revealing "green" themes within artistic and scientific thought.
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Excellent introduction to Green thought,
By A Reader (Cork, Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green History: A Reader in Environmental Literature, Philosophy and Politics (Paperback)
Derek Wall has written a insightful anthology of writingsdealing with humanity and its relations to the environment. The book has an informative introduction dealing with the origins of the green movement. Then it goes on to an extract by Alice Walker (who wrote "The Colour Purple") in which she describes how a confrontation between Philadelphia police and the controversial African-American Green group MOVE ended in tragedy. The subsequent chapters are organised by theme: for instance, Chapter 2 is about the environmental issues of Ancient Civilisations (Greece & Rome), while chapter 14 is about "Eco-Feminism" (which links the oppression of women with the destruction of nature). The most disturbing sections are in Chapter 4, about anti-ecological attitudes. We read of Francis Bacon (the philosopher,not the painter) advocate a technocratic state, US President Andrew Jackson defend the extermination of the Native Americans, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb defend Stalin's plans to remould the Soviet environment. The book is interesting and suprising to read. For instance, I didn't know John Stuart Mill rejected the idea of "economic growth" in favour of what we would now call "sustainability", or that he wanted to protect endangered species (pg.120-1).I knew of Lewis Mumford as an architectural writer, but in Chapter 7 he calls for an "organic outlook" that will replace a society based on pollution and hierarchy to one based on harmony with nature and egalitarianism. Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is also quoted, the irresponsible scientist whose work has disasterous consequences being a metaphor for Green fears about the "techno-fix". It should be pointed out most of the Green thinkers in the book aren't against technology as such, only its most destructive manifestations. There's an interesting passage from the Victorian socialist writer Edward Carpenter (pgs. 145-6) about how technology needs to be placed within an environmentally sound, human-centred context. As in any anthology, some readers will wish Author X had been included and Author Y dropped. I would certainly rather have read something by the great Victorian nature writer and liberal reformer Richard Jefferies than the grumpy reactionary Thomas Carlyle (pg. 144). Still, Wall has written an entertaining and thought-provoking book. Recommended to those seeking information on the Green Movement.
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