Interdisciplinary Aspects of Environmental Sciences, Nature - General & Miscellaneous, Nature, Philosophy of, Natural Literature & History, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Applied - Environmental
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Overview
A breakthrough analysis of our environmental crisis, this book offers the insights of thinkers such as Plato, Lao-Tzu, Spinoza, and Whitehead to construct a set of concrete measures to estimate the value of nature. Application of these standards leads to the formation of the discipline of Foundational Ecology as the most effective educational tool for dealing with the next century's environmental crises. The real value of environmental processes comes alive through this systematic philosophy of nature. By offering a cultural critique of our idea of nature, Grange sets the environmental agenda for the next century.Editorials
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The author offers a cultural critique of the Western view of nature, drawing on works by Plato, Lao-Tzu, and Spinoza, and Whitehead, in order to construct a set of concrete measures to estimate the value of nature. The result is an environmental cosmology called Foundational Ecology, which seeks to repair the mental division Westerners have created between urban and natural worlds, and which would be used as an educational tool for dealing with current environmental crises. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
May 2, 1997
Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.
Pages
272
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780791433478