Encountering Nature: Toward an Environmental CultureAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 - 190 pages 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, which include the natural environment, in Latin America, to the consideration of poetic travelogues, ecological restoration and botanic gardens. |
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... Latin America : Community , Autonomy and Resistance 57 Part II Appreciating Nature 77 5 Aesthetic Appreciation and the Many Stories about Nature 79 6 Bashō and Wandering Aesthetics : Recuperating Space , Recognizing Place , Following ...
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Contents
Environmental Conscience | 13 |
A Call to Action | 37 |
Community Autonomy | 57 |
Appreciating Nature | 77 |
Recuperating Space Recognizing | 93 |
Rock Art and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Natural Landscapes | 109 |
Reflections on Reclamation through Art | 115 |
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