The Social Creation of Nature
Author | : Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden |
Publisher | : Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1992-10 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39076001352579 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Social Creation of Nature written by Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden and published by Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1992-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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".