Sociological Theory and the Environment: Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

Environment | October 1, 2003| | Copyright

edited by Riley E. Dunlap, Frederick H. Buttel, Peter Dickens, and August Gijswijt; Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, Md., 2002; 384 pp., $77.00 cloth (ISBN 0-7425-0185-X), $29.95 paper (ISBN 0-7425-0186-8)

Anyone with an interest in sociology and how this discipline has met the challenge of addressing the human/environment interaction will find this book rewarding. It provides a rich but critical overview of the contributions of classical sociologists such as Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber; the more recent Niklas Luhmann, Theodor Adorno, and Jurgen Habermas; ...

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