Rupert Read
Professor Rupert Read teaches philosophy at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. His academic work includes ecological and political philosophy (including critiques of Rawlsian liberalism and of ‘natural capital’, and work on the Precautionary Principle). He has also dedicated much of his life to campaigning at a local, national and international level against climate collapse and was recently described as “one of the world’s leading climate activists”. He is the author of several books, including This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire — and What Lies Beyond and Parents for a Future – How Loving Our Children Can Prevent Climate Collapse.
Books by Rupert Read
Interviews with Rupert Read
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Lyrical Ballads
by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge -
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Letters From A Young Poet: 1887-1895
by Rabindranath Tagore -
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The Imperative of Responsibility
by Hans Jonas -
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Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation
by Samuel Alexander -
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Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime
by Bruno Latour
The Best Eco-Philosophy Books, recommended by Rupert Read
The Best Eco-Philosophy Books, recommended by Rupert Read
Eco-philosophy concerns itself with the intersection of ecology with philosophy—and particularly our response to industrialisation and manmade climate change. Rupert Read, the philosopher-activist and author of Parents for a Future, selects five of the best books that contemplate eco-philosophy and our place on this Earth.
