This book is devoted to the exploration of environmental Prometheanism the belief that human
beings can and should master nature and remake it for the better. Meyer considers among others
the question of why Prometheanism today is usually found on the political right while
environmentalism is on the left. Chapters examine the works of leading Promethean thinkers of
nineteenth and early and mid-twentieth century Britain France America and Russia and how
they tied their beliefs about the earth to a progressive left-wing politics. Meyer
reconstructs the logic of this progressive Prometheanism and the reasons it has vanished from
the intellectual scene today. The Progressive Environmental Prometheans broadens the reader's
understanding of the history of the ideas behind Prometheanism. This book appeals to anyone
with an interest in environmental politics environmental history global history geography
and Anthropocene studies.
