Infinite nature

Book

Infinite nature / R. Bruce Hull.

Summary:

"In this work, R. Bruce Hull argues that environmentalism will never achieve its goals unless it sheds its fundamentalist logic. The movement is too bound up in polarizing ideologies that pit humans against nature, conservation against development, and government regulation against economic growth. Only when we acknowledge the infinite perspectives on how people should relate to nature will we forge solutions that are respectful to both humanity and the environment." "Infinite Nature opens doors so that nature can be seen from the scientific understandings proffered by anthropology, evolution, and ecology, to the promise of environmental responsibility offered by technology and economics, to the designs of nature envisioned in philosophy, art, law, and religion. Along the way, Hull helps us find the common ground created out of many natures - the place where sustainable and thriving communities are possible."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0226359441
ISBN: 9780226359441
ISBN: 022610222X
ISBN: 9780226102221
ISBN: 9780226107998
ISBN: 022610799X
Physical Description: xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Anthropogenic nature -- 3. Evolving nature -- 4. Ecological nature -- 5. (In)finite nature -- 6. Economic nature -- 7. Healthy nature -- 8. Fair nature -- 9. Spiritual nature -- 10. Human nature -- 11. Rightful nature -- 12. Aesthetic nature -- 13. Moral nature -- Conclusion -- Nortes -- References -- Index.