Society and Nature: Changing Our Environment, Changing Ourselves

ISBN: 978-0-7456-2795-3

Hardcover

304 pages

January 2004, Polity

Other Available Formats: Paperback

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Original and innovative guide to the sociology of the environment.
Covers all the key issues and debates including: society, nature and the enlightenment; industry and environmental transformation; commodification; consumption; the network society and human identity; human biology; citizenship; and new social movements.
Argues that environmental degradation is largely due to humanity’s narcissistic demand that the environment be made into a commodity to be consumed.
Contains a number of useful student features: summary boxes, links to relevant websites and a comprehensive guide to further reading.
The author's insight won this book the American Sociological Association's Outstanding Publication Award 2006, in the Environment and Technology section.