Encountering Nature: Toward an Environmental CultureRoutledge, 2016 M04 29 - 206 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 that include the natural environment, to the consideration of poetic travelogues, ecological restoration and botanic gardens. The volume is divided into three parts, which respectively consider the relation of human beings to nature in terms of ethics, aesthetics and culture. It engages the current literature in each of these areas with the help of inter-disciplinary approaches, as well as on the basis of personal encounters with natural spaces and processes. The ultimate aim of this book is to make a contribution to the development of a cultural fabric that is suitable to the natural spaces and processes in which we may thrive, and on which we all depend as individuals and as a species. |
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... insofar as they are parts of nature, became integrated into the human world and its history, nature-revering Japanese pilgrims are seeking their own integration into the already enlightened natural world. I propose that in both types of ...
... insofar as they are parts of nature, became integrated into the human world and its history, nature-revering Japanese pilgrims are seeking their own integration into the already enlightened natural world. I propose that in both types of ...
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... insofar as environing or surrounding us strictly speaking, the environment is inescapable and indestructible. Alternatively, the notion that we are facing “global ecological disaster” equally may be subject to The Case for Environmental ...
... insofar as environing or surrounding us strictly speaking, the environment is inescapable and indestructible. Alternatively, the notion that we are facing “global ecological disaster” equally may be subject to The Case for Environmental ...
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... insofar as these attitudes and patterns of action may be subject to praise or censure and may characterize a person's character.27 This account of morality calls for elucidation of what constitutes “appropriateness” in this context, of ...
... insofar as these attitudes and patterns of action may be subject to praise or censure and may characterize a person's character.27 This account of morality calls for elucidation of what constitutes “appropriateness” in this context, of ...
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Contents
A Call to Action | |
Appreciating Nature | |
Recuperating Space Recognizing Place | |
Rock Art and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Natural Landscapes | |
Culture and Nature | |
Art and Heterotopias | |
Learning from Japanese Gardens | |
Botanic Gardens as Collaboration Between Humans and Nature | |
Enabling an Environmental Culture | |
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