Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory (S U N Y Series in Social and Political Thought)

By Steven Vogel and Steven Vogel

Book Overview

Argues that the tradition of critical theory has had significant problems dealing with the concept of nature and that their solutions require taking seriously the idea of nature as socially constructed.

Against Nature examines the history of the concept of nature in the tradition of Critical Theory, with chapters on Lukacs, Horkheimer and Adorno, Marcuse, and Habermas. It argues that the tradition has been marked by significant difficulties with respect to that concept; that these problems are relevant to contemporary environmental philosophy as well; and that a solution to them requires taking seriously-and literally-the idea of nature as socially constructed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791430464
• ISBN13: 9780791430460
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher