Nature and madness

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Nature and madness

Paul Shepard ; foreword by C.L. Rawlins

University of Georgia Press, [1998], c1982

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Originally published: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, c1982

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-173) and index

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Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Here Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways to repair broken bonds with the earth, our past, and nature. Ultimately encouraging, he notes, "There is a secret person undamaged in every individual. We have not lost, and cannot lose, the genuine impulse.

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