Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Social science and environmental discource -- 1. Anthropology, Culture and Environmentalism -- How is Anthropology Different? -- The Concept of Culture in Anthropology -- Anthropology and Environmental Discourse -- Exploring Environmentalism -- 2. Culture and Ecology -- Culture as Mediator -- Environmental Determinism -- Cultural Determinism -- Leaving Culture Out -- Bringing Culture Back In -- 3. Environmentalism in Social Science -- Environmental Economics -- Environmentalism in Social and Political Theory -- Environmentalism in Anthropology -- What Cultural Theory can Offer -- 4. Environmentalism and Cultural Diversity -- The Message of The Kogi -- The Myth of Primitive Ecological Wisdom -- Diverse Cultures, Diverse Environments -- The Lessons of Cross-Cultural Comparison -- 5. Globalization, Culture and Discourse -- The Study of World Systems -- Globalization as a Consequence of Modernity -- Globalization and Cultural Diversity -- Globalization and Cultural Theory -- Globalization as a Dual Process -- Culture and Discourse -- 6. The Culture of Global Environmentalist Discourse -- A Sense of The Global -- The Globalist Perspective -- Opposing Globalism -- Contesting The Past, Contesting The Future -- Casting a Vote? -- The Discourse beyond the Debate -- 7. Anthropology, Social Science and Environmentalism -- Back to Culture -- An Interdisciplinary Approach? -- Cultural Theory and Environmentalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.