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A Theory of Ecological Justice
Brian Baxter
Routledge Research in Environmental Politics
ISBN  0 415 31139 X

The idea of ecological justice is that species besides Homo sapiens have a claim in justice to a share of the Earth’s resources. This book is a ground-breaking attempt to provide a coherent and compelling argument for such a conception of justice.  It explores the nature of such justice claims as applied to organisms of various degrees of complexity, relates the idea of ecological justice to the standard conceptions of justice developed in political philosophy, and describes the institutional arrangements necessary to integrate the claims of ecological justice into human decision-making.

It will be of interest to all those working in moral and political philosophy and environmental politics and to anyone with an interest in global environmental issues.

Brian Baxter is a Senior Lecturer in Politics

Lie of the Land
Perth and Kinross Libraries
Eds Brian McCabe, Margaret Gillies Brown and Patricia Ace
ISBN 0 905452 41X

A writing anthology featuring poetry and short stories set in Perthshire. Commissioned by Perth and Kinross council, the book features 50 local authors, one of whom is David Yule, Director of Campus Services.

This is the second volume in a series that provides a valuable showcase for local writers. Brian McCabe, Perth and Kinross council's Writer in Residence, set up the editorial board along with a number of local writers who selected material for the book and edited submissions. Although there was no set theme for the anthology, many of the writers reflect life in modern Perthshire in their work.

Literature, Science and Exploration in the Romantic Era; Bodies of Knowledge
Cambridge Studies in Romanticism 
Tim Fulford, Debbie Lee and Peter J. Kitson 
ISBN: 60 0-521-82919-4

In 1768, Captain James Cook made the most important scientific voyage of the eighteenth century. He was not alone: scores of explorers like Cook, travelling in the name of science, brought new worlds and new peoples within the horizon of European knowledge for the first time.

Their discoveries changed the course of science. Old scientific disciplines, such as astronomy and botany, were transformed; new ones, like craniology and comparative anatomy, were brought into being. Scientific disciplines, in turn, pushed literature of the period towards new subjects, forms and styles. Works as diverse as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Wordsworth's Excursion responded to the explorers' and scientists' latest discoveries. This wide-ranging and well-illustrated study shows how literary Romanticism arose partly in response to science's appropriation of explorers' encounters with foreign people and places and how it, in turn, changed the profile of science and exploration.

Professor Peter Kitson is Head of the Department of English

book of the month

Freshers
by Kevin Simpson

An insightful and exuberant novel about getting wise and growing up. From the author of Powder and Clubland.

RRP £6.99. Our price £4.99

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