Douglas H Boucher
Biographic Data
| ID | 758496 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas H Boucher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas H |
| FAMILY NAME | Boucher |
| SIGNATURE | BOUCHER D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | (Department of Biolog) Hood College Frederick, MD 21701-8575 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Newtonian ecology and beyond
(1998). Newtonian ecology and beyond. Science as Culture: Vol. 7, Natural Contradictions, pp. 493-517
Book notes
Social Justice, Vol. 23, No. 4, 1996: Andre E. Guilerme: The Age of Water: the Urban Environ‐ment in the North of France, A.D. 300–1800. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1988
Not with a Bang but a Whimper
Leftist thought, both liberal and Marxist, has embraced the idea of the imminence of global ecological catastrophe, due to the massive environmental damage caused by industrial capitalism. This vision, although widely accepted, is questionable on political, scientific and philosophical grounds. The prediction of catastrophe is present in conservative as well as progressive thought, and can easily lead to regressive politics. Its scientific basis …
Book notes
Jeffrey Mourssaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy: When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals. New York: Doubleday, 1995. Val Plumwood: Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. London: Routledge, 1993. Karen J. Warren, ed.: Ecological Feminism. London: Routledge, 1994. John Brinckerhoff Jackson: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. Wendy Harcourt, editor: Feminist Perspectives on Sustainable Development. New …
Modernity's dead, nature is dying, and culture's not feeling too well
Andrew Ross: The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life: Nature's Debt to Society . London: Verso. 1994. Alexander Wilson: The Culture of Nature: North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez . Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell. 1992. Simon Schama: Landscape and Memory . New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1994
Ecological Rationality and Capitalism
Today I am going to speak about the relation between ecological science and a Marxist analysis of contemporary capitalism. Many of you know the important paper by Heidi Hartmann entitled Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism. Borrowing from her, my presentation might well have as its subtitle: Harlequin Romance of Marxism and Ecology. By this I mean to refer not just to the books that made Toronto famous, which apparently now sell at a rate of…
Newtonian ecology and beyond
(1998). Newtonian ecology and beyond. Science as Culture: Vol. 7, Natural Contradictions, pp. 493-517
Ecological Rationality and Capitalism
Today I am going to speak about the relation between ecological science and a Marxist analysis of contemporary capitalism. Many of you know the important paper by Heidi Hartmann entitled Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism. Borrowing from her, my presentation might well have as its subtitle: Harlequin Romance of Marxism and Ecology. By this I mean to refer not just to the books that made Toronto famous, which apparently now sell at a rate of…
Modernity's dead, nature is dying, and culture's not feeling too well
Andrew Ross: The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life: Nature's Debt to Society . London: Verso. 1994. Alexander Wilson: The Culture of Nature: North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez . Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell. 1992. Simon Schama: Landscape and Memory . New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1994
Not with a Bang but a Whimper
Leftist thought, both liberal and Marxist, has embraced the idea of the imminence of global ecological catastrophe, due to the massive environmental damage caused by industrial capitalism. This vision, although widely accepted, is questionable on political, scientific and philosophical grounds. The prediction of catastrophe is present in conservative as well as progressive thought, and can easily lead to regressive politics. Its scientific basis …
Book notes
Jeffrey Mourssaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy: When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals. New York: Doubleday, 1995. Val Plumwood: Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. London: Routledge, 1993. Karen J. Warren, ed.: Ecological Feminism. London: Routledge, 1994. John Brinckerhoff Jackson: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. Wendy Harcourt, editor: Feminist Perspectives on Sustainable Development. New …
Newtonian ecology and beyond
(1998). Newtonian ecology and beyond. Science as Culture: Vol. 7, Natural Contradictions, pp. 493-517
Book notes
Social Justice, Vol. 23, No. 4, 1996: Andre E. Guilerme: The Age of Water: the Urban Environ‐ment in the North of France, A.D. 300–1800. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1988
Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Capitalism (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Geography (2 works)