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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... Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Praise for Carolyn Merchant's Reinventing Eden “ [Merchant] covers a.
... Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Praise for Carolyn Merchant's Reinventing Eden “ [Merchant] covers a.
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... environmental thinkers. . . . This is a visionary book of intellectual history and ethics.”—Roger S. Gottlieb, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism ... Environment “ [A] very useful introduction to this interdisciplinary, critical practice.
... environmental thinkers. . . . This is a visionary book of intellectual history and ethics.”—Roger S. Gottlieb, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism ... Environment “ [A] very useful introduction to this interdisciplinary, critical practice.
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... environmental thinking. The book makes fascinating reading, and her insights might help environmentalists frame more ... Environment “Merchant uses the distant and near past to explore the changing conception of nature in Western ...
... environmental thinking. The book makes fascinating reading, and her insights might help environmentalists frame more ... Environment “Merchant uses the distant and near past to explore the changing conception of nature in Western ...
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... environmental historian of North America and my explorations of the connections between gender and the environment. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the many persons and institutions that have supported this work. The ideas behind this ...
... environmental historian of North America and my explorations of the connections between gender and the environment. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the many persons and institutions that have supported this work. The ideas behind this ...
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... environmental crisis and its connections to overdevelopment, population, consumption, pollution, and scarcity are critical issues confronting all of humanity. Through these contrasting stories, we can see both progress and decline in ...
... environmental crisis and its connections to overdevelopment, population, consumption, pollution, and scarcity are critical issues confronting all of humanity. Through these contrasting stories, we can see both progress and decline in ...
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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