Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western CultureThis revised edition of Carolyn Merchant’s classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword. Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth. |
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... chaos. A timely book for our troubled times and troubled thinking.” —Vandana Shiva, author of Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit “Intelligent, passionate, clearly written (and thus excellent for teaching) and challenging ...
... chaos. A timely book for our troubled times and troubled thinking.” —Vandana Shiva, author of Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit “Intelligent, passionate, clearly written (and thus excellent for teaching) and challenging ...
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... . Eve As Nature 7. Colonizing Eden 8. Eden Commodified PART III New Stories 9. Earth in Recovery xi xiii xix 11 35 57 79 81 101 125 143 159 161 10. Order out of Chaos 11. Partnership Epilogue Afterward Notes Contents.
... . Eve As Nature 7. Colonizing Eden 8. Eden Commodified PART III New Stories 9. Earth in Recovery xi xiii xix 11 35 57 79 81 101 125 143 159 161 10. Order out of Chaos 11. Partnership Epilogue Afterward Notes Contents.
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The Fate of Nature in Western Culture Carolyn Merchant. 10. Order out of Chaos 11. Partnership Epilogue Afterward Notes Bibliography Index 175 191 209 211 217 251 271 Illustrations Figures 2.1 Ludolphus de Saxonia, Vita Christi (1487) 2.2 x ...
The Fate of Nature in Western Culture Carolyn Merchant. 10. Order out of Chaos 11. Partnership Epilogue Afterward Notes Bibliography Index 175 191 209 211 217 251 271 Illustrations Figures 2.1 Ludolphus de Saxonia, Vita Christi (1487) 2.2 x ...
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... Chaos and complexity theories challenged predictability at the level of everyday life. The great triumph of mechanistic science had been its ability to predict. If one can solve equations, one can predict and therefore control and ...
... Chaos and complexity theories challenged predictability at the level of everyday life. The great triumph of mechanistic science had been its ability to predict. If one can solve equations, one can predict and therefore control and ...
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... process and change. Nature's other identity as unpredictable, chaotic, and uncontrollable has re-emerged. Its fate and that of humanity are at stake. Acknowledgments Working on Reinventing Eden has afforded me the opportunity Foreword xvii.
... process and change. Nature's other identity as unpredictable, chaotic, and uncontrollable has re-emerged. Its fate and that of humanity are at stake. Acknowledgments Working on Reinventing Eden has afforded me the opportunity Foreword xvii.
Contents
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Part II New World Edens | 79 |
Part III New Stories | 159 |
Epilogue | 209 |
Afterword | 211 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 251 |
Index | 271 |
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