The social creation of nature
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The social creation of nature
Johns Hopkins University Press, c1992
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"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--Verso t.p
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-174) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780801843969
Description
One reason for our failure to "save the earth," argues Neil Evernden, is our disagreement about what "nature" really is-how it works, what constitutes a risk to it, and even whether we ourselves are part of it. Nature is as much a social entity as a physical one. In addition to the physical resources to be harnessed and transformed, it consists of a domain of norms that may be called upon in defense of certain social ideals. In exploring the consequences of conventional understandings of nature, The Social Creation of Nature also seeks a way around the limitations of a socially created nature in order to defend what is actually imperiled-"wildness," in which, Thoreau wrote, lies hope for "the preservation of the world."
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Part I. The Ambiguity of Nature
Chapter 1. The Social Use of Nature
Chapter 2. Nature and Norm
Part II. The Creation of Nature
Chapter 3. The Purification of Nature
Chapter 4. From nature to Nature
Chapter 5. The Literal Landscape
Chapter 6. The Fragile Division
Part III. The Liberation of Nature
Chapter 7. Nature and Ultrahuman
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography Essay
Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780801845482
Description
One reason for our failure to "save the earth," argues Neil Evernden, is our disagreement about what "nature" really is-how it works, what constitutes a risk to it, and even whether we ourselves are part of it. Nature is as much a social entity as a physical one. In addition to the physical resources to be harnessed and transformed, it consists of a domain of norms that may be called upon in defense of certain social ideals. In exploring the consequences of conventional understandings of nature, The Social Creation of Nature also seeks a way around the limitations of a socially created nature in order to defend what is actually imperiled-"wildness," in which, Thoreau wrote, lies hope for "the preservation of the world."
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Part I. The Ambiguity of Nature
Chapter 1. The Social Use of Nature
Chapter 2. Nature and Norm
Part II. The Creation of Nature
Chapter 3. The Purification of Nature
Chapter 4. From nature to Nature
Chapter 5. The Literal Landscape
Chapter 6. The Fragile Division
Part III. The Liberation of Nature
Chapter 7. Nature and Ultrahuman
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography Essay
Index
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