{"id":6276,"date":"2015-10-10T08:10:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2015-10-08T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:48:42","slug":"new-books-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/2015\/10\/new-books-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"New books of interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Several new books of interest to social ecologists are out this month:<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MB-bio.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6277\" src=\"https:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MB-bio.jpg\" alt=\"MB bio\" width=\"140\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ukcatalogue.oup.com\/product\/9780199342488.do\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"breadcrumb\">Ecology or Catastrophe<\/span>: The Life of Murray Bookchin<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>by Janet Biehl, from Oxford University Press<\/p>\n<p>The first-ever biography of Murray Bookchin, written by his personal collaborator and copy-editor from 1987-2006. The book discusses the variety of philosophies and movements that Bookchin helped shape, including social ecology, eco-decentralism, eco-anarchism and municipal democracy.<\/p>\n<p>We will feature more information about this book in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-compass.net\/publications\/manifesto-democratic-civilization\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/new-compass.net\/sites\/new-compass.net\/files\/styles\/publication-list-image\/public\/978-8293064428%20Cover.png?itok=9TgLE8vD\" alt=\"Cover: Civilization: Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization, vol. 1\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"field-content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-compass.net\/publications\/manifesto-democratic-civilization\" target=\"_blank\">Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>by Abdullah \u00d6calan, from New Compass Press<\/p>\n<p>This is the first volume of the definitive work of Abdullah \u00d6calan, crucial for understanding the Kurdish revolution. These reflections represent the essence of his ideas on society, knowledge, and power. In this work \u00d6calan outlines a democratic alternative for the Middle East.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-compass.net\/publications\/political-ecology-2015-edition\" target=\"_blank\">Political Ecology: Beyond Environmentalism<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/new-compass.net\/publications\/political-ecology-2015-edition\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/new-compass.net\/sites\/new-compass.net\/files\/styles\/publication-list-image\/public\/Dimitri%20PE%202015%20Cover.png?itok=h5neFnNf\" alt=\"Political Ecology, a new book by Dimitri I. Roussopoulos\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos, from New Compass Press<\/p>\n<p>Political Ecology, originally published in 1973, explains the history of environmental politics and its prospects for the future. It is now available in a new, expanded edition, which explores how we can channel the aspirations of environmentalism into political alternatives.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pkk-book.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6278\" src=\"https:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pkk-book.png\" alt=\"pkk book\" width=\"123\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pkk-book.png 123w, https:\/\/social-ecology.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pkk-book-234x360.png 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zedbooks.co.uk\/paperback\/the-pkk\" target=\"_blank\">The PKK: Coming Down from the Mountains<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">by Paul White, from Zed Books<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Charting the ideological evolution of the PKK, as well as its origins, aims and structure, Paul White provides an authoritative and up-to-date analysis of one of the most important non-state political players in the contemporary Middle East. Describes how the PKK came to embrace a non-violent end to the conflict with Turkey and adopt a program of democratic autonomy, inspired in party by social ecology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several new books of interest to social ecologists are out this month: Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin by Janet Biehl, from Oxford University Press The first-ever biography of Murray Bookchin, written by his personal collaborator and copy-editor from 1987-2006. 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