Redefining Nature: Ecology, Culture and Domestication

By: Roy Ellen

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Synopsis: How can anthropology improve our understanding of the interrelationship between nature and culture?- What can anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning sustainable development?Humankind has evolved over several million years by living in and utilizing 'nature' and by assimilating it into 'culture'. Indeed, the technological and cultural advancement of the species has been widely acknowledged to rest upon human domination and control of nature. Yet, by the 1960s, the idea of culture in confrontation with nature was being challenged by science, philosophy and the environmental movement. Anthropology is increasingly concerned with such issues as they become more urgent for humankind as a whole. This important book reviews the current state of the concepts of 'nature' we use, both as scientific devices and ideological constructs, and is organised around three themes:- nature as a cultural construction;- the cultural management of the environment; and- relations between plants, animals and humans.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 692 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000323863
Related ISBNs:: 9781859731352, 9780367719180, 9781003135746
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/09/23
Copyrighted By:: Roy Ellen and Katsuyoshi Fukui
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Roy Ellen
Edited by:: Katsuyoshi Fukui