Society and Nature: Changing Our Environment, Changing OurselvesISBN: 978-0-7456-2795-3
Hardcover
304 pages
February 2004, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
“Dickens presents his own original and significant
analysis of relationships between social and biological dynamics
and identities. I recommend enthusiastically that this book be
read.”
Raymond Murphy, Canadian Journal of Sociology
“Presents the author's own highly original analysis of
relations between society and nature based on a Maxist and critical
realist perspective. The book also provides a valuable overview and
critique of much classical and contemporary sociology.”
Environment and Society
“Society and Nature, by British sociologist Peter
Dickens, offers a rare blend of scholarship. Its narrative is both
authoritative, yet accessible. Its content is broad and
comprehensive in scope, while managing to still provide an
important contribution to the field of enviromental sociology
(among others). It is both a textbook, for undergraduates and
individuals new to the field, and a rigorous work of scholarship in
its own right. In bringing this together, Dickens is to be
commended for his ability to weave in and out of a diverse array of
literatures - from enviromental sociology, to the sociology of
technology, social theory, evolutionary sociology, molecular and
developmental biology and cognitive psychology. In all, Society
and Nature is an important contribution to the field of
enviromental sociology. Dickens' shows us, in rather dramatic
fashion, just how intertwined the social and natural realms
are.”
Organisation and Enviroment
“This is a valuable and scholarly book, packed with ideas
for further reading. It contains a great deal of knowledge and
scholarly understanding, rendered down into bite-sized chunks. It
would make an excellent student text ... yet will inform many
research level debates.”
Bill Adams, Area
“A useful addition to the bookshelves of anyone who has
even a passing interest in the new governance of the environment,
not just students.”
British Journal of Sociology