Kankyo Shakai Gaku Nyumon Jizoku Kanona Mirai Wo Tsukuru (Chiku Ma Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] What kind of study is environmental sociology? What kind of roadmap can this discipline offer us, given that a sustainable future has become the most important issue for the international community in recent years? In this book, a leading figure who greatly contributed to the establishment of environmental sociology in Japan and has led its research for many years, looks back on his own research history and highlights the appeal and potential of this discipline. This book is a guide for all those who are seeking a better future by accepting environmental issues as their own, not someone else's, concern.

環境社会学とはどのような学問なのか。近年、「持続可能な未来」が国際社会の最重要課題となるなかで、この学問はいったいどんな道筋を私たちに示してくれるのか。本書では、日本における環境社会学の立ち上げに大きく寄与し、その研究を長年牽引してきた第一人者が、みずからの研究史を振り返りつつ、この学問がもつ魅力とその可能性を浮き彫りにしていく。他人事でなく自分事として環境問題を受け止め、よりよい未来を模索しようとするすべての人のための導きの書。