The Ecology of Freedom
The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy

Bookchin, Murray
Publisher:  Cheshire Books, Oakland, USA
Year Published:  2005   First Published:  1982
Pages:  480pp   ISBN:  9781904859260
Dewey:  901B755
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX6267

Bookchin's synthesis of ecology, anthropology and political theory traces conflicting legacies of hierarchy and freedom from the first emergence of human culture to today's globalized capitalism, constantly pointing the way to a sane, sustainable ecological future.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

The Concept of Social Ecology
The Outlook of Organic Society
The Emergence of Hierarchy
Epistemologies of Rule
The Legacy of Domination
Justice Equal and Exact
The Legacy of Freedom
From Saints to Sellers
Two Images of Technology
The Social Matrix of Technology
The Ambiguities of Freedom
An Ecological Society
Epilogue
Notes
Index

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