Divided Natures

Author : Kerry H Whiteside
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262250634

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Divided Natures by Kerry H Whiteside Pdf

In this book Kerry Whiteside introduces the work of a range of French ecological theorists to an English-speaking audience. He shows how thinkers in France and in English-speaking countries have produced different strains of ecological thought and suggests that the work of French ecological theorists could lessen pervasive tensions in Anglophone ecology. Much of the theory written in English is shaped by the debate between anthropocentric ecologists, who contend that the value of our nonhuman surroundings derives from their role in fulfilling human interests, and ecocentric ecologists, who contend that the nonhuman world holds ultimate value in and of itself. This debate is almost nonexistent among French theorists, who tend to focus on the processes linking nature and human identity. Whiteside suggests that the insights of French theorists could help English-language theorists to extricate themselves from endless debates over the real center of nature's value. Among the French theorists discussed are Denis de Rougemont, Denis Duclos, René Dumont, Luc Ferry, André Gorz, Félix Guattari, Bruno Latour, Alain Lipietz, Edgar Morin, Serge Moscovici, and Michel Serres. The English-language theorists discussed include John Barry, Robyn Eckersley, Robert Goodin, Tim Hayward, Holmes Rolston III, and Paul Taylor.

Author : Qianqian Cheng
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781666902488

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Loren Eiseley’s Writing across the Nature and Culture Divide by Qianqian Cheng Pdf

For the twentieth-century naturalist and poet Loren Eiseley, the relationship between human beings and the natural world has become unnatural, divided by the era of modern technology. Loren Eiseley’s Writing across the Nature and Culture Divide analyses how the philosopher of science becomes a boundary crosser in time and space. Qianqian Cheng points to Eiseley’s method of uniting science and the humanities to reflect on human evolution and the past and future role of science with a visionary and poetic imagination. Seizing the connectedness of living beings, Eiseley, and now Cheng, makes us aware of the presence of nature even in daily urban life. Qianqian Cheng unveils Eiseley’s merits, showing the poet as a necessary voice in the urgent mission to make individuals realize their responsibility to respond ethically to the living world.

Author : Dr. Charles R. Frazier
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781638857426

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Crossing the Great Divide: Walking with God Through Nature by Dr. Charles R. Frazier Pdf

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity...” (Jeremiah 29:11–14) Walking in the path of darkness, I never looked up to see God’s light. I had put God on the shelf. I was making my way in life. I was gaining notoriety and recognition for my accomplishments. My pride, arrogance, and selfishness were shining in my fleshly success. I was rolling and life was rocking, until one day, God placed a boulder in my path I could not move. In the blink of an eye, I lost my career, and my marriage was coming to an end. My Heavenly Father had stopped my fleshly ways to show me the deep darkness of my soul. He would take the pieces of clay from my brokenness, place me back on His pottery wheel, remold me with His loving hands, and put me through the fire to purify my soul. He would lead me to His place, “The Back Porch,” where He would teach me to meditate, show me visions, give me peace in His quietness, and open my ears to hear His voice. I would listen as He would speak through the pen and I would record His spoken words. Exhausted, tired, and weary, a broken man was being healed through the writings of his Heavenly Father. In this journey, He will use my love for nature to share with me the simple things in life, explain my visions, and gain understanding as we walk through this journey together. God shines His light and speaks to every man and woman. You must take the time to see His light and be still in His presence to hear His voice. Open this book, take a journey with me, and experience how God heals and remolds a broken man. He led me to write this book so you can see how God changed me and experience how God can change you.

Author : Sally Brockwell,Sue O’Connor,Denis Byrne
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781922144058

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Transcending the Culture–Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage by Sally Brockwell,Sue O’Connor,Denis Byrne Pdf

While considerable research and on-ground project work focuses on the interface between Indigenous/local people and nature conservation in the Asia-Pacific region, the interface between these people and cultural heritage conservation has not received the same attention. This collection brings together papers on the current mechanisms in place in the region to conserve cultural heritage values. It will provide an overview of the extent to which local communities have been engaged in assessing the significance of this heritage and conserving it. It will address the extent to which management regimes have variously allowed, facilitated or obstructed continuing cultural engagement with heritage places and landscapes, and discuss the problems agencies experience with protection and management of cultural heritage places.

Author : Sam Mickey,Sean Kelly,Adam Robbert
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781438465289

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The Variety of Integral Ecologies by Sam Mickey,Sean Kelly,Adam Robbert Pdf

Presents integral approaches to ecology that cross the boundaries of the humanities, social sciences, and biophysical sciences. In the current era of increasing planetary interconnectedness, ecological theories and practices are called to become more inclusive, complex, and comprehensive. The diverse contributions to this book offer a range of integral approaches to ecology that cross the boundaries of the humanities and sciences and help us understand and respond to today’s ecological challenges. The contributors provide detailed analyses of assorted integral ecologies, drawing on such founding figures and precursors as Thomas Berry, Leonardo Boff, Holmes Rolston III, Ken Wilber, and Edgar Morin. Also included is research across the social sciences, biophysical sciences, and humanities discussing multiple worldviews and perspectives related to integral ecologies. The Variety of Integral Ecologies is both an accessible guide and an advanced supplement to the growing research for a more comprehensive understanding of ecological issues and the development of a peaceful, just, and sustainable planetary civilization.

Author : Raymond L Bryant
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857936172

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The International Handbook of Political Ecology by Raymond L Bryant Pdf

The International Handbook of Political Ecology features chapters by leading scholars from around the world in a unique collection exploring the multi-disciplinary field of political ecology. This landmark volume canvasses key developments, topics, iss

Author : Douglas L. Boudreau,Marnie M. Sullivan
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498517324

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Ecocritical Approaches to Literature in French by Douglas L. Boudreau,Marnie M. Sullivan Pdf

Ecocriticism is a critical approach that focuses on the representation in literature of the non-human elements of the natural world, a method of inquiry that has been largely limited to literature written in English. The aim of Ecocritical Approaches to Literature in French is twofold: to introduce ecocriticism to scholars of French-language literature, and to open ecocriticism to the vision and voices of French literature.The chapters look at work not only from France, but also from North America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The discussions include fiction, poetry, film and pedagogy. The goal of the collection is to demonstrate not only the applicability of ecocritical inquiry to literature in French, but to demonstrate the possibilities of ecocritical theory on the study of French literature, and also for ecocriticism itself. This collection will be a useful resource both for scholars of French-language literature and also for ecocritics who may have had only limited contact with literatures in languages other than English.

Author : Charles C. Lemert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317251750

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Sociology After the Crisis by Charles C. Lemert Pdf

Widely assigned and taught in senior capstone and social theory courses, Sociology After the Crisis offers the first systematic theory of social differences built on the sociological traditions by embracing to Durkheim, Weber and other familiar figures. The first edition was acclaimed for its nuanced and original rereading of Durkheim in relation to the theoretical reasons he and his contemporaries neglected race and gender. This new edition features two chapters of new material written in the summer of 2003, as the new social structures of the 21st century became increasingly clear. The new Chapter Ten draws upon 9-11, the "new world order" of two Bush presidencies, and globalization to show how individuals' lives and sociologies must be thought about in new ways. These events also highlight how American society and sociology have responded and sometimes failed in the struggle over the crisis of modernism. Reviews for the First Edition: "[This] expansive reimagining of the historical roots of sociological imagination - especially as it embraces voices and visions long lost to our most important national debates - is balm to the fractured soul of American society. Lemert's elegant and passionate volume will aid immeasurably in our nation's search for sane solutions to the crises of purpose and perspective he so skillfully explores." Michael Eric Dyson, author of Making Malcolm and Between God and Gangsta' Rap "Elegantly crafted." Steven Seidman, State University of New York at Albany

Author : Sacha Loeve,Xavier Guchet,Bernadette Bensaude Vincent
Publisher : Springer
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319895185

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French Philosophy of Technology by Sacha Loeve,Xavier Guchet,Bernadette Bensaude Vincent Pdf

Offering an overall insight into the French tradition of philosophy of technology, this volume is meant to make French-speaking contributions more accessible to the international philosophical community. The first section, “Negotiating a Cultural Heritage,” presents a number of leading 20th century philosophical figures (from Bergson and Canguilhem to Simondon, Dagognet or Ellul) and intellectual movements (from Personalism to French Cybernetics and political ecology) that help shape philosophy of technology in the Francophone area, and feed into contemporary debates (ecology of technology, politics of technology, game studies). The second section, “Coining and Reconfiguring Technoscience,” traces the genealogy of this controversial concept and discusses its meanings and relevance. A third section, “Revisiting Anthropological Categories,” focuses on the relationships of technology with the natural and the human worlds from various perspectives that include anthropotechnology, Anthropocene, technological and vital norms and temporalities. The final section, “Innovating in Ethics, Design and Aesthetics,” brings together contributions that draw on various French traditions to afford fresh insights on ethics of technology, philosophy of design, techno-aesthetics and digital studies. The contributions in this volume are vivid and rich in original approaches that can spur exchanges and debates with other philosophical traditions.

Author : Henry George Atkinson,Harriet Martineau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Hypnotism
ISBN : UCAL:B4120162

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Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development by Henry George Atkinson,Harriet Martineau Pdf

Author : Benedictus de Spinoza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Ethics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044020109542

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Ethic Demonstrated in Geometrical Order and Divided Into Five Parts by Benedictus de Spinoza Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057000090607

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Nature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066893847

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Nature by Sir Norman Lockyer Pdf

Author : Francis Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCR:31210004549455

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Philosophical works by Francis Bacon Pdf

Author : Thomas Moore Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590792678

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The Platonist, ed. by T. M. Johnson by Thomas Moore Johnson Pdf