The Cultural Basis for Our Environmental Crisis
- 30 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 170 (3957), 508-512
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3957.508
Abstract
The forces of democracy, technology, urbanization, increasing individual wealth, and an aggressive attitude toward nature seem to be directly related to the environmental crisis now being confronted in the Western world. The Judeo-Christian tradition has probably influenced the character of each of these forces. However, to isolate religious tradition as a cultural component and to contend that it is the "historical root of our ecological crisis" is a bold affirmation for which there is little historical or scientific support.Keywords
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- The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic CrisisScience, 1967