Post-Ecologist Politics

Ingolfur Blühdorn is a Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Bath. His previous publications include The Green Agenda: Environmental Politics and Policy in Germany (co-edited with Frank Krause and Tom Scharf).

• Part 1 Preliminaries; Chapter 1 Ecological Concern and Theoretical Enquiry; Chapter 2 Ecology in Crisis; Chapter 3 Towards Post-Ecologism; Part 2 Understanding Ecologism – Critical Theory; Chapter 4 Alienation and Reconciliation – Horkheimer and Adorno; Chapter 5 Pluralisation and Reflexivity – Ulrich Beck; Part 3 Deconstructing Ecologism – Systems Theory; Chapter 6 Autopoietic Systems and Functional Differentiation – Niklas Luhmann I; Chapter 7 Ecological Communication – Niklas Luhmann II; Part 4 Post-Ecologism; Chapter 8 Ecology Without Identity; Chapter 9 Avoiding Ecologist Fallacies; Chapter 10 Managing the Transition to Post-Ecologist Politics;

'An extraordinary book ... it is extremely well researched and based on a number of interesting theorists and theoretical debates.' - John Barry, Environmental Values, Vol 13, 2004, No. 1