Encountering Nature
Subtitle: Toward an Environmental Culture
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate
Published: November 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780754654230
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; The Environment; Human Geography; Aesthetics; Philosophy; Sociology; Environmental ethics; Human ecology
Description: "This book argues that an attentive encounter with nature is of key importance for the development of an environmentally appropriate culture. The fundamental idea is that the environmental degradation that we are increasingly experiencing is best conceived as the consequence of a cultural mismatch: our cultures seem not to be appropriate to the natural environment in which we move and on which we depend in thoroughgoing ways. In addressing this problem, Thomas Heyd weaves together a rich tapestry of perspectives on human interactions with the natural world, ranging from traditional modes of managing human communities that include the natural environment in Latin America, to the consideration of poetic travelogues, ecological restoration and botanic gardens."--BOOK JACKET.