 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
NATURE, LIBERTY AND DYSTOPIA
ON THE MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NATURE FOR HUMAN FREEDOM |
| By: |
Piers H. G. Stephens |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
|
£90.00 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0415385067 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415385060 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 December, 2011 |
| Series: |
Environmental Politics |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Grounded in the history of modern political ideas, this book presents a study which illuminates how nature may be regarded as a touchstone of liberty in political thought. It argues that the genre of utopias and dystopias is the key example of popular literary forms in which major human hopes and fears about technological society are inscribed. |
| Synopsis: |
This new fascinating study is grounded in the history of modern political ideas to illuminate how nature may be regarded as a touchstone of liberty in political thought. Piers Stephens skilfully argues that the genre of utopias and dystopias is the key modern example of popular literary forms in which major human hopes and fears about technological society are inscribed. Arising as the genre does alongside the idea of progress and the origins of modern science, this book examines the ways in which freedom and nature are portrayed in the four most influential dystopian novels of the 20th century: Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, George Orwell's 1984 and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Stephens also explores the ways in which vitally significant and often overlooked connections exist between the concept and experience of nature on the one side and the conditions, exercise and practices of human freedom on the other. In doing so, he makes an invaluable contribution both to the history of ideas and to contemporary environmental political theory. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|