The Social Creation Of Nature
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The Social Creation Of Nature
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Author : Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden
language : en
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 1992-10
The Social Creation Of Nature written by Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden and has been published by Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10 with Nature categories.
The book traces the evolution of the concept of "nature" over the past five centuries. In exploring the consequences of conventional understandings, it also seeks a way around the limitations of a socially created nature, in order to defend what is actually imperiled - "wildness".
The Social Construction Of Nature
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Author : Klaus Eder
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Release Date : 1996-10-14
The Social Construction Of Nature written by Klaus Eder and has been published by SAGE Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-14 with Nature categories.
This is a unique and agenda-setting interpretation of nature and ecology that will become the essential reference in any debate on environmental politics and sociology.
Nature And Society In Historical Context
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Author : Mikulas Teich
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-02-13
Nature And Society In Historical Context written by Mikulas Teich and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-13 with History categories.
A collection of essays describing the historical connection between nature and society.
The State Of Nature
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Author : Gregg Mitman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1992-10
The State Of Nature written by Gregg Mitman and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10 with History categories.
Although science may claim to be "objective," scientists cannot avoid the influence of their own values on their research. In The State of Nature, Gregg Mitman examines the relationship between issues in early twentieth-century American society and the sciences of evolution and ecology to reveal how explicit social and political concerns influenced the scientific agenda of biologists at the University of Chicago and throughout the United States during the first half of this century. Reacting against the view of nature "red in tooth and claw," ecologists and behavioral biologists such as Warder Clyde Allee, Alfred Emerson, and their colleagues developed research programs they hoped would validate and promote an image of human society as essentially cooperative rather than competitive. Mitman argues that Allee's religious training and pacifist convictions shaped his pioneering studies of animal communities in a way that could be generalized to denounce the view that war is in our genes.
From Nature To Creation The Church And Postmodern Culture
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Author : Norman Wirzba
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2015-09-23
From Nature To Creation The Church And Postmodern Culture written by Norman Wirzba and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-23 with Religion categories.
How does Christianity change the way we view the natural world? In this addition to a critically acclaimed series, renowned theologian Norman Wirzba engages philosophers, environmentalists, and cultural critics to show how the modern concept of nature has been deeply problematic. He explains that understanding the world as creation rather than as nature or the environment makes possible an imagination shaped by practices of responsibility and gratitude, which can help bring healing to our lands and communities. By learning to give thanks for creation as God's gift of life, Christians bear witness to the divine love that is reconciling all things to God. Named a "Best Theology Book of 2015," Englewood Review of Books "Best Example of Theology in Conversation with Urgent Contemporary Concerns" for 2015, Hearts & Minds Bookstore
Creation Set Free
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Author : Sigurd Bergmann
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2005-11-23
Creation Set Free written by Sigurd Bergmann and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-23 with Nature categories.
In view of the destruction of the sources of life, ecology is no longer a marginal issue. In "Creation Set Free," Sigurd Bergmann creatively rethinks the discipline of theology in light of the ecological crisis. He is concerned throughout to see the cosmos as something involved in redemption rather a mere stage for the human salvific drama. After critically and constructively summarizing previous initiatives toward an ecological theology, Bergmann opens up an extraordinary dialogue between these initiatives and church father Gregory of Nazianzus. Through the neglected topics of sociality, motion, suffering, and the Spirit, the author brings to light Gregorybs thought on the liberation of creation. Finally, Bergmann connects ecological issues and patristic tradition with contemporary liberation theology.
The Natural Alien
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Author : Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
The Natural Alien written by Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Nature categories.
In this eloquent and sympathetic book, Evernden evaluates the international environmental movement and the underlying assumptions that could doom it to failure. Beginning with a simple definition of environmentalists as "those who confess a concern for the non-human," he reviews what is inherent in industrial societies to make them so resistant to the concerns of environmentalists. His analysis draws on citing such diverse sources as Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, and TIME, and examines how we tend to think about the world and how we might think about it. The book does not offer solutions to environmental questions, but it does offer the hope that there can be new ways of thinking and flexibility in human/environmental relations. Although humans seem alienated from our the natural world, we can develop a new understanding of `self in the world.' The second edition has a new preface and an epilogue in which Evernden analyses the latest environmental catch-phrase: sustainable development.
The Nature Of Creation
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Author : Mark Harris
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-19
The Nature Of Creation written by Mark Harris and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with Religion categories.
It is generally assumed that science and religion are at war. Many now claim that science has made religious belief redundant; others have turned to a literalist interpretation of biblical creation to reject or revise science; others try to resolve Darwin with Genesis. "The Nature of Creation" addresses this complex debate by engaging with both modern science and biblical scholarship together. Creation is central to Christian theology and the Bible, and has become the chosen battleground for scientists, atheists and creationists alike. "The Nature of Creation" presents a sustained historical investigation of what the creation texts of the Bible have to say and how this relates to modern scientific ideas of beginnings. The book aims to demonstrate what science and religion can share, and how they differ and ought to differ.
Society And Nature
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Author : Peter Dickens
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1992
Society And Nature written by Peter Dickens and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Nature categories.
In this wide-ranging effort to theorize about the relationships between society and nature, Peter Dickens attempts to reconstruct social theory in a way that enables it to speak to contemporary environmental issues. After reviewing existing sociological traditions, he draws on the early work of Karl Marx to suggest that processes and relations in the workplace are the main source of people's separation from nature. In addition, people's understanding of "nature" tends to mirror their experience of the social world. Redefining the work of Anthony Giddens in an ecological direction, Dickens analyzes developments in biological thinking that seem consistent with this approach. He considers the role of culture, and he critiques the contemporary "deep green" and "deep ecology" movements. Focusing on the alienation of human begins from the natural world and the place of nature in their "deep mental structures," the author works in part from a Marxist perspective but draws a wide variety of social psychological, and biological theories into the discussion. Society and Nature not only addresses a central debate in contemporary social science regarding this interrelationship but also responds to the intellectual challenge presented by natural scientific concepts of environmental problems that oversimplify or ignore their political or social relational dimensions. Author note: Peter Dickens is Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies and Social Policy at the University of Sussex (UK) and the author of Urban Sociology: Society, Locality and Human Nature.
Civilizing Nature
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Author : Bernhard Gissibl
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Civilizing Nature written by Bernhard Gissibl and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with History categories.
National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of these ecological and political systems cannot be understood as a simple reaction to mounting environmental problems, nor can it be explained by the spread of environmental sensibilities. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time. It focuses especially on the actors, networks, mechanisms, arenas, and institutions responsible for the global spread of the national park and the associated utilization and mobilization of asymmetrical relationships of power and knowledge, contributing to scholarly discussions of globalization and the emergence of global environmental institutions and governance.