Thomas Heyd

Encountering Nature (eBook, ePUB)

Toward an Environmental Culture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317143970
• Artikelnr.: 44991849

Autorenporträt

Thomas Heyd is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Victoria, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword, Eric Katz
Preface
Introduction
Part I Environmental Conscience: The case for environmental morality
Environmental ethics in the workplace: a call to action
Environment and culture in Latin America: community, autonomy and resistance. Part II Appreciating Nature: Aesthetic appreciation and the many stories about nature
Basho and wandering aesthetics: recuperating space, recognizing place, following the ways of the universe
Rock art and the aesthetic appreciation of natural landscapes
After mining: reflections on reclamation through art. Part III Culture and Nature: Nature, culture, and natural heritage: toward a culture of nature
Northern plains boulder structures: art and heterotopias
Nature restoration without dissimulation: learning from Japanese gardens and earthworks
Botanic gardens as collaboration between humans and nature
Afterword: enabling an environmental culture
Index.