Human ecology : fragments of anti-fragmentary views of the world

We face an environmental catastrophe of global proportions. The ecological rationality of modern society, and of science in particular, is in question. Science still responds to crises at the level of technocratic expertise, and still treats society as an adaptive system. By bringing together a number of integrative approaches to the human-environment problem, Human Ecology shapes a more radical, fundamental agenda for change. The book creates a framework for a cohesive discourse, for a "new human ecology". From the notion that the individual person is an agent mediating between society and environment, the individual contributors recognize that the environmental crisis is really a crisis of society - manifesting itself in an increasing fragmentation of lives in general and knowledge in particular. Arguing for environmentally sustainable lifestyles, the book envisages a new kind of consciousness and a new environment. 1. General Introduction -- Pt. I. Human Ecology -- 2. Introduction To Part I. 3. Human Ecology And Biohistory: Conceptual Approaches To Understanding Human Situations In The Biosphere / Stephen Boyden. 4. Human Ecology As Transdisciplinary Science, And Science As Part Of Human Ecology / Dieter Steiner. 5. How Does The Person Fit Into The Human Ecological Triangle? From Dualism To Duality: The Transactional Worldview / Peter Weichhart. 6. Philosophical Remarks On The Project Of Human Ecology / Markus Huppenbauer -- Pt. Ii. The Implicit And The Explicit -- 7. Introduction To Part Ii. 8. Realism And Ecological Units Of Analysis / Claudia Carello. 9. On Science And Knowledge / Ingela Josefson. 10. External Effects As A Bridge Between Environmental And Ecological Economics / Gonzague Pillet. 11. The Self-organization Of Ecologically Sound Behaviour / Hans-joachim Mosler. 12. Subjection Objected / Dagmar Reichert -- Pt. Iii. Structuration -- 13. Introduction To Part Iii. 14. Can Human Ecology Provide An Integrative Framework? The Contribution Of Structuration Theory To Contemporary Debate / Roderick J. Lawrence. 15. Environmental Concern And The Theory Of Structuration: Steps Towards A Better Understanding Of Environmentally Harmful Agency / Markus Nauser. 16. The 'concrete Mind' Heuristic: Human Identity And Social Compound From Things And Buildings / Alfred Lang -- Pt. Iv. The Regional Dimension -- 17. Introduction To Part Iv. 18. An Ecoregional Strategy Towards A Fault-tolerant Human-environment Relationship / Gerhard Bahrenberg And Marek Dutkowski. 19. On Regional And Cultural Identity: Outline Of A Regional Culture Analysis / Benno Werlen. 20. Flexible Structures For A Reintegrated Human Agency / Dieter Steiner, Gregor Durrenberger And Huib Ernste. 21. Spectacle Ecology, Human Ecology And Crisis Of Urbanity / Ola Soderstrom. 22. Boundaries And Barriers In Relation To The Diffusion Of Aids / Peter Gould. Edited By Dieter Steiner And Markus Nauser. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 12 List of tables......Page 14 List of contributors......Page 16 Preface......Page 24 GENERAL INTRODUCTION......Page 28 INTRODUCTION TO PART I......Page 42 HUMAN ECOLOGY AND BIOHISTORY: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SITUATIONS IN THE BIOSPHERE......Page 58 HUMAN ECOLOGY AS TRANSDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE, AND SCIENCE AS PART OF HUMAN ECOLOGY......Page 74 HOW DOES THE PERSON FIT INTO THE HUMAN ECOLOGICAL TRIANGLE? FROM DUALISM TO DUALITY: THE TRANSACTIONAL WORLDVIEW......Page 104 PHILOSOPHICAL REMARKS ON THE PROJECT OF HUMAN ECOLOGY......Page 126 INTRODUCTION TO PART II......Page 134 REALISM AND ECOLOGICAL UNITS OF ANALYSIS......Page 148 ON SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE......Page 168 EXTERNAL EFFECTS AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS......Page 173 THE SELF-ORGANIZATION OF ECOLOGICALLY SOUND BEHAVIOUR......Page 203 SUBJECTION OBJECTED......Page 222 INTRODUCTION TO PART III......Page 232 CAN HUMAN ECOLOGY PROVIDE AN INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK? THE CONTRIBUTION OF STRUCTURATION THEORY TO CONTEMPORARY DEBATE......Page 240 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND THE THEORY OF STRUCTURATION: STEPS TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL AGENCY......Page 256 THE 'CONCRETE MIND' HEURISTIC: HUMAN IDENTITY AND SOCIAL COMPOUND FROM THINGS AND BUILDINGS......Page 276 INTRODUCTION TO PART IV......Page 296 AN ECOREGIONAL STRATEGY TOWARDS A FAULT-TOLERANT HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP......Page 312 ON REGIONAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITY: OUTLINE OF A REGIONAL CULTURE ANALYSIS......Page 323 FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES FOR A REINTEGRATED HUMAN AGENCY......Page 337 SPECTACLE ECOLOGY, HUMAN ECOLOGY AND CRISIS OF URBANITY......Page 358 BOUNDARIES AND BARRIERS IN RELATION TO THE DIFFUSION OF AIDS......Page 372 Index......Page 385 Arguing for environmentally sustainable lifestyles, this envisages a new kind of consciousness based on the notion of the individual as an agent mediating between society and the environment.