Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: A Brief History of Ecology as a Subversive Subject

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Author:Kroll, Gary
Abstract:

This essay by Gary Kroll discusses the role of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in briefly articulating ecology as a "subversive subject" by taking aim at the overly mechanical and reductive sciences and by critiquing the cultural authority of science and technology to control nature.

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All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2006
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/rachel-carsons-silent-spring-brief-history-ecology-subversive-subject
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    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/9d72-s773