The Social Creation of Nature - Couverture souple

Evernden, Prof Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801845483 ISBN 13 : 9780801845482

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

Synopsis

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."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Neil Evernden is associate professor of environmental studies at York University, Oantario, Canada. He is the author of The Natural Alien: Humankind and Environment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801845483
• ISBN 13: 9780801845482
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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