Reinventing Eden

The Fate of Nature in Western Culture
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-64426-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

This revised edition of Carolyn Merchant’s classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword.

Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Merchant, Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword 1. A Garden Planet Part I: Genesis of the Recovery of the Recovery Narrative Narrative 2. The Fall from Eden 3. Recovering the Garden 4. From Wilderness to Civilization Part II: New World Edens Edens World Edens Edens 5. Adam as Hero 6. Eve as Nature 7. Colonizing Eden 8. Eden Commodified Part III: New Stories 9. Earth in Recovery 10. Order out of Chaos 11. Partnership Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Carolyn Merchant is professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley.