Ephemeralization as Environmentalism

Rereading R. Buckminster Fuller’s Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

Bibliographic Data

ID20413407
AuthorsTimothy W Luke (0000-0002-7211-5064, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA,, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume23
Issue3
Pages354-362
Publication date2010-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganization & Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1086-0266 • E-ISSN: 1552-7417
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1086026610381582
OpenAlexW2113037502
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

This study critically surveys the environmental thinking and design philosophy Of R. Buckminster Fuller by revisiting two of his major theoretical works, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth and Utopia or Oblivion. It highlights Fuller’s fascination with economic efficiency and environmental justice in his own pursuit of the practices of industrial design, urban planning, and vernacular engineering. In addition, the analysis stresses how the optimism and energy that Fuller gave to rethinking environmentalism so radically during the 1960s are vital qualities that contemporary green thinkers need to rekindle in their works today

Aesthetics · Architectural engineering · Art · Civil engineering · Environmental ethics · Environmental justice · Environmentalism · Epistemology · Landscape design · Literature · Optimism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Utopia · Vernacular · Engineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Law · Philosophy · Sustainable Design and Development

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub