Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment (Routledge Key Guides)

Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment (Routledge Key Guides)

<P>Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer, herself an important and prolific author on environmental matters, has assembled a team of thirty-five expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures – from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are:</P> <P></P> <UL> <P> <LI>Philosophers such as Rousseau, Spinoza and Heidegger</LI> <P></P> <P> <LI>Activists such as Chico Mendes</LI> <P></P> <P> <LI>Literary giants such as Virgil, Goethe and Wordsworth</LI> <P></P> <P> <LI>Major religious and spiritual figures such as the Buddha and St Francis of Assisi.</LI> <P></P></UL> <P></P> <P>Lucid, scholarly and informative, these fifty essays offer a fascinating overview of mankind’s view and understanding of the physical world.</P>