Nature and society in historical context
By: edited by Mikuláš Teich, Roy Porter, and Bo Gustafsson.
Contributors: Teich, Mikuláš.; Porter, Roy, 1946-; Gustafsson, Bo, 1931-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Human ecology -- History -- Congresses.; Human ecology -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
Description: In general terms, one way of describing the world we live in is to say that it is made up of nature and society, and that human beings belong to both.

A distinguished international team aims to contribute - through selective, interdisciplinary studies - to a much-needed but currently scant debate over the reciprocal links between perceptions of nature and perceptions of society from the ancient Greek kosmos to late twentieth-century 'ecology'.

Individual essays and the general conclusions of the volume are important not only for our understanding of the evolution of knowledge of nature and of society but also for an awareness of the types of truth and perception produced in the process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Outgrowth of a round-table discussion held Mar. 1, 1991, at Robinson College and a symposium held Sept. 8-11, 1993 in Uppsala, Sweden.