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Booklist Review
Beyond Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and their environmental reformist ilk lies the radical Green movement, comprising organizations and individuals who, convinced of a direct correlation between environmental ills and the social order, are bent on social upheaval or reorganization as a means to environmental sensibility. These activists, independent of the structures-that-be, are well represented in this collection of short excerpts from well-established environmental writers. Dobson has organized the essays according to approach, from those offering socioecological criticism to those postulating social alternatives on to the views toward strategy and, oddly, concluding with "green" philosophies. These excerpts will successfully whet the appetite of potential eco-radicals; unfortunately, many of the works cited are British, and though most have American editions, no reference is made to these editions or to the corresponding publishers this side of the Atlantic. Recommended for large environmental collections where demand exists for new answers. (Reviewed Oct. 15, 1991)156279017XAngus Trimnell
Library Journal Review
Green politicians and theoreticians argue that current, piecemeal responses to the environmental crisis now facing the world will not work. What is needed, they say, is a fundamental overhauling of the system and a new paradigm for viewing humankind's place in the world. This book is an attempt to form such a worldview by extracting selections from dozens of previously published books and essays. Excerpted are authors such as Kirkpatrick Sale, E.F. Schumacher, Edward Abbey, and Rachel Carson. Each essay is short; most are two to five pages. By arranging the book into five sections (The Green Critique, The Green Society, Green Economics, Green Politics, and Green Philosophy), editor Dobson shows the Green movement to be more than environmentalism. For readers wishing an overview of Green thought, this book is an excellent starting point.-- Randy Dykhuis, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
