2007/01/01 by Sverker Sörlin, Paul Warde · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #American Environmental and Regional History #Environmental Philosophy and Ethics #Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
paper · doi:10.1093/envhis/12.1.107
openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
This essay argues that environmental history has not engaged as fully with social and political theory as it might, and that once it does, environmental historians will find that their concerns are, potentially, much closer to the mainstream of thought in the social sciences and humanities than they might have expected. In fact, environmental history has the promise to be central to the most influential social thought in the academy and among policy makers. The field also needs to consider the roles of knowledge and science, or “knowledge regimes,”• in translating scientific “facts” into politically realizable decisions.