environmental studies

RUNNING HEAD : Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

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Despite the increasing attention given towards environmental concerns across the globe , not all strains of environmentalism are united in their ideology . Speaking from a general vantage point , one of the rifts which bifurcates contemporary environmentalism lies along the manner in which they perceive the interaction between technological /industrial modernity and ecological harmony

Post-modern environmentalists , also known as dark or deep green environmentalists , originate from a belief in an antithetical relationship between technological modernity and ecological harmony

. Put rather bluntly , dark or deep green environmentalists regard the dominant political and social ideologies as inherently flawed and contributive to ecological damage . Therefore , they are fundamentally opposed to unchecked growth , rampant consumerism and extreme forms of capitalism and industrialism and their passion regarding environmental issues manifests itself in an espousal of drastic lifestyle changes and a willingness to confront the dominant social institutions (i .e corporations and government ) responsible for creating the conditions that let ecological damage go unaddressed . In effect , they earn the label of post-modern from their underlying belief that real environmental progress comes from the repudiation of technological modernity (Sopuck , 2006 Environment Support , 2008

Due to a tremendous amount of political garnered throughout the 70s and 80s , the deep green and postmodern environmental rhetoric has come to define much of the popular awareness of environmentalism Environmentalism as an ideological brand is therefore identified with voluntary asceticism , radical lifestyle choices and at worst , gestural cause-oriented politics rather than any...