Futurenatural: Nature, Science, Culture Contributor(s): Bird, Jon (Editor), Curtis, Barry (Editor), Mash, Melinda (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415070139 ISBN-13: 9780415070133 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: b /b b i FutureNatural /i /b brings together theorists of culture and science to discuss the concept of "nature"--its past, present and future. Contributors discuss the impact on our daily life of recent developments in biotechnologies, electronic media and ecological politics, addressing the issue of whether political and cultural debates about the body and the environment can take place without reference to "nature" or the "natural." This collection considers how we might think a future developing from emergent scientific theories and discourses. br |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Future Studies - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 304.2 |
LCCN: 95025912 |
Series: Futures, New Perspectives for Cultural Analysis |
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.08" W x 9.36" (1.80 lbs) 322 pages |
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Publisher Description: We are living in an age when 'nature' seems to be on the brink of extinction yet, at the same time, 'nature' is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and unstable as a category for representation and debate. |