| Description |
xvii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Nature under fire / Gary Lease -- Virtually hunting reality in the forests of simulacra / Paul Shepard -- The nature of reality and the reality of nature / Albert Borgmann -- Searching for common ground / N. Katherine Hayles -- Nature and the disorder of history / Donald Worster -- Cultural parallax in viewing North American habitats / Gary Paul Nabhan -- Concepts of nature east and west / Stephen R. Kellert -- Resolute biocentrism : the dilemma of wilderness in national parks / David M. Graber -- The social siege of nature / Michael E. Soule. |
| Summary |
"How much of science is culturally constructed? How much depends on language and metaphor? How do our ideas about nature connect with reality? Can nature be "reinvented" through theme parks and malls, or through restoration?" "Reinventing Nature? is an interdisciplinary investigation of how perceptions and conceptions of nature affect both the individual experience and society's management of nature. Leading thinkers from a variety of fields - philosophy sociology, zoology, history, ethnobiology and others - address the conflict between the perception and reality of nature, each from a different perspective. The editors of the volume provide an insightful introductory chapter that places the book in the context of contemporary debates and a concluding chapter that brings together themes and draws conclusions from the dialogue."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy of nature.
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Human ecology.
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Deconstruction.
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Postmodernism.
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| Added Author |
Soule, Michael E.
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Lease, Gary, 1940-
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| ISBN |
9781559633116 (paper : acid-free paper) |
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1559633107 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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9781559633109 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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1559633115 (paper : acid-free paper) |
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