Title: Ecology without Nature
Description: "In Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature that most writers on the topic promote: they propose a new worldview, but their very zeal to preserve the natural world leads them away from the "nature" they revere. The paradox is a symptom of a far deeper dilemma - of accepting the idea of "ecology without nature." That is, to have a properly ecological view, we must relinquish, once and for all, the idea of nature." "Developing a vocabulary for reading "environmetality" in both content and form. Morton shows that representations of nature inevitably become metaphysical. Ranging widely in eighteenth- through twentieth-century literature, philosophy, culture, and the arts. Morton explores the value of art in imagining environmental conditions for the future. In short, the idea of nature has served much the same function in the modern period as the aesthetic has - that of healing what society has damaged; but as a result, unrealistic expectations have developed."--Jacket.
Subjects: Arts, Philosophy, Environnement, Écologisme, Ecocriticism, Environmentalism, Environmental philosophy, Philosophie dans la littérature, Nature in literature, Philosophy in literature, Theory, Nature, Umwelt, Nature dans la littérature, English literature, Engelsk litteratur, Ecology in literature, Ekologi i litteraturen, Littérature anglaise, Philosophie, 42.97 ecology: other, Romantisme, Literaturtheorie, 43.02 philosophy of environmental science, Documentation, History and criticism, Ästhetik, Ecology, Environmental literature, Littérature américaine, Écologie dans la littérature, American literature, Romanticism, Histoire et critique, Natur, English literature, history and criticism, American literature, history and criticism, Litterature anglaise, Litterature americaine, Ecologie dans la litterature, Ecologisme, Nature dans la litterature, Philosophie dans la litterature