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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Zelko, Frank Steven
Titre(s) : Make it a green peace! [Texte imprimé] : the rise of countercultural environmentalism / Frank Zelko
Publication : New York : Oxford University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : xi, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Comprend : Speak truth to power ; The enemies of anarchy ; The Canadian crucible ; Don't
make a wave ; Not a protestor in the usual sense ; Mururoa, mon amour ; Armless
Buddhas vs. carnivorous Nazis ; The reenchanted whale ; Stop Ahab ; On thin ice
; Blood and death and sex ; The paradox of power: the birth of Greenpeace International
; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-374) and index
"The emergence of Greenpeace in the late 1960s from a loose-knit group of anti-nuclear
and anti-whaling activists fundamentally changed the nature of environmentalism--its
purpose, philosophy, and tactics--around the world. And yet there has been no comprehensive
objective history of Greenpeace's origins-until now. Make It a Green Peace! draws
upon meeting minutes, internal correspondence, manifestos, philosophical writings,
and interviews with former members to offer the first full account of the origins
of what has become the most recognizable environmental non-governmental organization
in the world. Situating Greenpeace within the peace movement and counterculture of
the 1960s, Frank Zelko provides a much deeper treatment of the group's groundbreaking
brand of radical, media-savvy, direct-action environmentalism than has been previously
attempted. Zelko traces the complex intellectual and cultural roots of Greenpeace
to the various protest movements of the 1950s and 1960s, highlighting the influence
of Quakerism--with its practice of bearing witness--Native American spirituality,
and the non-violent resistance of Gandhi. Unlike the more strait-laced, less confrontational
Sierra Club and Audubon Society, early Greenpeacers smoked dope, dropped acid, wore
their hair long, and put their bodies on the line--interposing themselves between
the harpoons of whalers and the clubs of seal-hunters--to save the animals and achieve
what they hoped would be a lasting transformation in the way humans regarded the natural
world. And while it may not have achieved its most revolutionary goals, Greenpeace
inarguably created a heightened awareness of environmental issues that endures to
this day."--Book jacket flap
Sujet(s) : Mouvement antinucléaire -- Histoire
Environnement -- Protection -- Aspect politique
Contre-culture -- Histoire
Greenpeace international -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199947089. - ISBN 0199947082 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45203260n
Notice n° :
FRBNF45203260
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