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activism
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Author_Bryan G. Norton
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communication
conservation
cooperation
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discourse
ecosystem
endangered
environment
environmentalism
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extinction
habitat
linguistics
management
mission
nature
nonfiction
pluralism
politics
positivism
pragmatism
preservation
public opinion
reserve
rhetoric
science
species
sustainability
uncertainty
values
wilderness
wildlife
Product details
- ISBN 9780226595191
- Weight: 964g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2005
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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While many disciplines contribute to environmental conservation, there is little successful integration of science and social values. Arguing that the central problem in conservation is a lack of effective communication, Bryan Norton shows in "Sustainability" how current linguistic resources discourage any shared, multidisciplinary public deliberation over environmental goals and policy. In response, Norton develops a new, interdisciplinary approach to defining sustainability - the corner-stone of environmental policy - using philosophical and linguistic analyses to create a nonideological vocabulary that can accommodate scientific and evaluative environmental discourse. Emphasizing cooperation and adaptation through social learning, Norton provides a practical framework that encourages an experimental approach to language clarification and problem formulation, as well as an interdisciplinary approach to creating solutions. By moving beyond the scientific arena to acknowledge the importance of public discourse, "Sustainability" offers an entirely novel approach to environmentalism.
Bryan G. Norton is professor of philosophy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of Linguistic Frameworks and Ontology, Why Preserve Natural Variety? and Toward Unity among Environmentalists and the editor of The Preservation of Species.
