Environmentalism and political theory: toward an ecocentric approach

Abstract

Part 1 Staking out the green terrain: the development of modern ecopolitical thought - from participation and survival to emancipation exploring the environmental spectrum - from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism ecocentrism explained and defended. Part 2 An ecocentric analysis of green political thought: the ecocentric challenge to Marxism the failed promise of crucial theory ecosocialism - the post-Marxist synthesis ecoanarchism - the non-Marxist visionaries.