Rethinking green politics: nature, virtue, and progress

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1 Introduction: Rethinking Green Politics......Page 10
Green Ideology versus Green Political Theory......Page 12
Notes......Page 19
2 Rethinking Green Ethics I: From Deep Ecology to Ecological Virtue......Page 21
Overview of Deep Ecology......Page 22
Deep Ecology as Metaphysics......Page 25
Deep Ecology and the \'Re-enchantment of Nature\'......Page 26
Deep Ecology and Psychological Health......Page 29
Knowledge, Ontology and Metaphysics......Page 32
The Normative Basis for Political Agreement......Page 35
Science as a Basis for Metaphysical Agreement......Page 38
From Deep Ecology to \'Ecological Virtue\'......Page 40
Ecological Virtues and the \'Human Condition\'......Page 42
Conclusion......Page 44
Notes......Page 45
3 Rethinking Green Ethics II: Naturalism and the Ethical Basis for Green Political Theory......Page 47
The Political Context of Green Normative Theory......Page 49
The Necessity for Immanent Critique......Page 50
Moral Extensionism and Moral Reasoning......Page 52
Rationalism and Moral Reasoning......Page 55
Naturalism and a Defence of \'Speciesism\'......Page 57
Human Nature, Nurture and Culture......Page 58
\'She Does Not Know Humanity Who Only Humanity Knows\'......Page 62
\'Being Human Counts for Something\'......Page 64
Human Interests and an Ecological Ethics of Use......Page 66
Human Preferences and Interests: the Good, the Trivial and the Wanton......Page 68
Ethics of Use and Ecological Virtue......Page 73
Citizens, Consumers and Ecological Virtue......Page 74
Ecological Virtues and Moral Character......Page 76
Conclusion......Page 78
Notes......Page 82
4 Rethinking Green Politics and the State: A Reconstructive Critique of Eco-anarchism......Page 86
Eco-anarchism: Strong and Weak Versions......Page 88
Bioregionalism......Page 90
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft......Page 92
Social Ecology......Page 100
Eco-anarchism: from Regulative to Constitutive Ideal......Page 103
Conclusion......Page 106
Notes......Page 108
5 The State, Governance and the Politics of Collective Ecological Management......Page 110
Structure and Agency within Green Politics......Page 113
Ecological Rationality......Page 116
The State and Ecological Management within Green Politics......Page 119
A Reconstructive Critique of Ecological Modernization......Page 122
Towards Collective Ecological Management......Page 127
The Land Ethic and Collective Ecological Management......Page 133
Ecological Management, Planning and Governance......Page 138
Ecological Restoration......Page 144
Conclusion......Page 145
Notes......Page 146
6 Green Political Economy......Page 151
A Critique of Neoclassical Environmental Economics......Page 152
Free Market Environmentalism......Page 159
Green Political Economy......Page 164
The \'Market\', Capitalism and Markets......Page 168
The Local Market Economy, Trade and Globalization......Page 171
Money and Green Political Economy......Page 179
Virtue, Production and Consumption......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 193
Notes......Page 195
7 Green Politics and Democracy: Green Citizenship and Ecological Stewardship......Page 202
The Eco-authoritarian Argument......Page 203
Science, Knowledge and Democracy......Page 211
Democratic Institutions and Democratic Society......Page 215
Modernization and Democracy......Page 218
Discursive Democracy......Page 223
Institutions and Principles for Collective Ecological Management......Page 229
Green Democracy, Citizenship and Stewardship......Page 235
Civil Society and Green Democratic Theory......Page 245
Work as Social Practice and Economic Activity......Page 248
Conclusion......Page 251
Notes......Page 252
8 Conclusion: Nature, Virtue and Progress......Page 257
Green Politics, Nature and Progress......Page 258
Green Politics and Virtue......Page 264
Future Issues......Page 270
\'Only Connect\'......Page 272
Notes......Page 273
References......Page 276
Index......Page 292