ABSTRACT
If the political and social benchmarks of sustainability and sustainable development are to be met, ignoring the role of the humanities and social, cultural and ethical values is highly problematic. People’s worldviews, beliefs and principles have an immediate impact on how they act and should be studied as cultural dimensions of sustainability.
Collating contributions from internationally renowned theoreticians of culture and leading researchers working in the humanities and social sciences, this volume presents an in-depth, interdisciplinary discussion of the concept of cultural sustainability and the public visibility of such research. Beginning with a discussion of the concept of cultural sustainability, it goes on to explore its interaction with philosophy, theology, sociology, economics, arts and literature. In doing so, the book develops a much needed concept of ‘culture’ that can be adapted to various disciplines and applied to research on sustainability.
Addressing an important gap in sustainability research, this book will be of great interest to academics and students of sustainability and sustainable development, as well as those studying sustainability within the humanities and social sciences, such as cultural studies, ethics, theology, sociology, literature and history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|60 pages
Concepts of culture and cultural sustainability
part II|64 pages
Philosophy, sociology, economics and cultural sustainability
chapter 6|12 pages
Sustainability and modernisation in conflict
chapter 8|11 pages
Social happiness as a cultural value
chapter 10|16 pages
Sustainability’s promise of salvation?
part III|122 pages
The arts, literature and cultural sustainability
chapter 11|13 pages
Culture and the arts in sustainable development
chapter 13|30 pages
An entangled history of environmental and cultural sustainability
chapter 16|12 pages
A tale of love and fallout
part IV|9 pages
Where do we go from here?