Where we belong
Subtitle: beyond abstraction in perceiving nature
By: Paul Shepard ; edited by Florence Rose Shepard
Contributors: Shepard, Florence R
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Human ecology -- Philosophy; Nature (Aesthetics); Landscape assessment; Human-animal relationships
Description: "Gathered here in book form for the first time, the fourteen essays in Where We Belong exemplify Paul Shepard's interdisciplinary approach to human interaction with the natural world. Drawn from Shepard's entire career and presented chronologically, these pieces vary in setting from the Hudson River to the American prairie to New Zealand. Equally impressive is Shepard's spatial range, as he moves from subtle differences to grand designs, from the intimacy of an artist's brush stroke to a vista of the harsh Greek terrain." "This volume is an important addition to Shepard's canon if only for the new view it offers of his intellectual development. More important, however, these selections demonstrate Shepard's grasp of a wide range of ideas related to the physical environment, including the various factors - historical, aesthetic, and psychological - that have shaped our attitudes toward the natural world and color the way we see it."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-242) and index