Pollution and the Environment in Ancient Life and Thought

edited by Orietta Dora Cordovana and Gian Franco Chiai

Book cover: Pollution and the Environment in Ancient Life and Thought

Extent: 296 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Earth & Life Sciences 

Series: Geographica Historica

Series volume number: 36

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2017)

ISBN: 9783515116671

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $84.00

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Was there any awareness of environmental problems among intellectuals and politicians of the ancient world? Did they even have notions of ‘pollution’, ‘exploitation’, and ‘depletion’ of natural resources? And what forms did human action take for the protection of the environment? The authors – from the fields of Ancient History, Classical Archeology, Ancient Laws, and History of Medicine – focus on the environmental and ecological awareness in the ancient world, both in material evidence of daily life and in the intellectual thought. They analyse if there was a common awareness of environmental and ecological questions, or if there were only a few and isolated measures aimed at the interest of special social groups and at specific political goals. They discuss to which extent the ancient evidence can be used to identify the roots of modern environmental sensitivity.

  • Edited by Gian Franco Chiai
  • Edited by Orietta Dora Cordovana