By Deane W. Curtin
"... a major contribution to environmental philosophy.... comprises provocative discussions of institutional and systemic violence, indigenous resistance to ‘development,’ the land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, women’s ecological wisdom, Jeffersonian agrarian republicanism, Berry’s rules approximately ‘principled engagement in community,’ barren region advocacy, and the necessity for an attachment to place." ―Choice
"[T]his is a vital e-book, elevating severe questions for improvement theorists and environmentalists alike." ―Boston e-book Review
When Indian centenarian Chinnagounder requested Deane Curtin approximately his curiosity in conventional drugs, specifically considering the fact that he wasn’t operating for a drug corporation trying to patent a brand new discovery, Curtin puzzled no matter if it was once attainable for the industrialized global to engage with local cultures for purposes except to use them, enhance them, and remove their conventional practices. the reply, in line with Curtin, defines the moral personality of what we in general name 'progress.' regardless of the frequent statement that we are living in a world village, cross-cultural environmental and social conflicts are usually marked through disasters of verbal exchange because of deeply divergent assumptions. Curtin articulates a reaction to Chinnagounder’s problem by way of a brand new, surprisingly postcolonial, environmental ethic.
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