Reinventing nature?
Subtitle: responses to postmodern deconstruction
By: edited by Michael E. Soulé and Gary Lease ; illustrations by Alan Gussow.
Contributors: Soulé, Michael E.; Lease, Gary, 1940-
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Environmental sciences -- Philosophy.; Philosophy of nature.; Human ecology.; Deconstruction.; Postmodernism.
Description: How much of science is culturally constructed? How much depends on language and metaphor? How do our ideas about nature connect with reality? Can nature be "reinvented" through theme parks and malls, or through restoration?

Reinventing Nature? is an interdisciplinary investigation of how perceptions and conceptions of nature affect both the individual experience and society's management of nature. Leading thinkers from a variety of fields - philosophy sociology, zoology, history, ethnobiology and others - address the conflict between the perception and reality of nature, each from a different perspective.

The editors of the volume provide an insightful introductory chapter that places the book in the context of contemporary debates and a concluding chapter that brings together themes and draws conclusions from the dialogue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.