How to Think Seriously about the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism

by Roger Scruton

Book Overview

The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet, and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution.

In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects this view and offers a fresh approach to tackling the most important political problem of our time...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199895570
• ISBN13: 9780199895571
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.4"