| Nature's Edge: Boundary Explorations in Ecological Theory and Practice Contributor(s): Brown, Charles S. (Editor), Toadvine, Ted (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791471225 ISBN-13: 9780791471227 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Leading environmental thinkers investigat the complexities of boundary formation and negotiation at the heart of environmental problems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 2006023731 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.03" W x 8.87" (0.76 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nature's Edge brings together leading environmental thinkers from the natural sciences, geography, political science, religion, and philosophy to explore the complex facets of boundary formation and negotiation at the heart of our environmental problems. The contributors provide a fresh look at how our lives depend on the lines drawn and ask how those lines must be reinscribed, blurred, or even erased to prepare for a sustainable future. Resolving environmental problems calls for the negotiation of multiple, intersecting boundaries--natural, social, political, geographical, and ethical. From the differentiation of species to the formation of communities and moral values, environmental theorists are constantly confronted with a palimpsest of thresholds and mappings: Can nature and culture be divided? Are natural divisions discovered or created? How do political borders and moral economies shape community-building and social transformation? |