Sources ecosociology. Series: «Ecosociology»

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I. P. Kulyasov. Sources ecosociology. Series: «Ecosociology»

About ecosociology and ecosociologists

Foreword

Environmental theories

Introduction

Sociological naturalism

Social evolutionism

Social Darwinism

Ecologism

Chicago school of sociology

New environmental paradigm

Foreign authors of environmental theories

Russian authors of environmental theories

Institutional theories

Introduction

Foreign authors of institutional theories

Russian authors of institutional theories

Neo-institutional theories

Introduction

Foreign authors of neo-institutional theories

Russian authors of neo-institutional theories

Post-industrial theories

Introduction

Foreign authors of post-industrial theories

Russian authors of post-industrial theories

Modernist theories

Introduction

Foreign authors of modernist theories

Russian authors of modernist theories

Stages of development of the ecological modernization theory

Abstract

Definitions of terms

Introduction

Actors and factors

Environmental consciousness is always who, not what

Sustainable development theory

Introduction

Foreign authors of sustainable development theories

Russian authors of sustainable development theories

Noospheric development theories

Introduction

Foreign authors of noospheric development theories

Russian authors of noospheric development theories

Theory of development theories

Conclusions

References

About the author

Acknowledgments

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The concept of “ecosociology” and ecosociology as a science was formed in the inter-disciplinary area of social and natural sciences. It is closely related to environmentalism, the basic concepts of which were introduced to sociology in the 19th century. In the 20th century, these basic concepts were developed within the framework of the environmental sociological theory. In the 21st century, they became widely accepted in sociology with the emergence of the profession of an ecosociologists.

1992 marked the final institutionalization of environmental sociology in the world as the International Sociological Association established the Research Committee “Environment and Society” (RC-24), which actively worked today and from 2015, started publishing its own international peer-reviewed scientific journal “Environmental Sociology”.

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Fred Cottrell, in his studies of industrial sociology, analyzed interrelations between cultural forms of society and forms of energy. He concluded that the human civilization directly depends on technology and kinds of energy being used, showing the path of evolution from antiquity to the nuclear age, progress made by society and the resulting influence of economic, moral and social aspects. The issues relating to generation, transformation, distribution and consumption of energy remain one of the most serious issues over the entire history of civilization25.

In the late 1960s – early 1970s, this gave rise to the following three organizational changes, which made possible further strengthening of ecosociology as a sub-discipline of sociology:

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