Proctor New Visions of Nature

Complexity and Authenticity
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-90-481-2611-8
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten

'New Visions of Nature' focuses on the emergence of these new visions of complex nature in three domains. The first selection of essays reflects public visions of nature, that is, nature as it is experienced, encountered, and instrumentalized by diverse publics.  The second selection zooms in on micro nature and explores the world of contemporary genomics. The final section returns to the macro world and discusses the ethics of place in present-day landscape philosophy and environmental ethics. The contributions to this volume explore perceptual and conceptual boundaries between the human and the natural, or between an 'out there' and 'in here.' They attempt to specify how nature has been publicly and genomically constructed, known and described through metaphors and re-envisioned in terms of landscape and place. By parsing out and rendering explicit these divergent views, the volume asks for a re-thinking of our relationship with nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Proctor, James

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;5
2;Contents;6
3;Contributors;8
4;List of Figures;15
5;List of Tables;17
6;Part I Introduction;18
6.1;1 Nature in Motion;19
6.1.1;1.1 The New Visions of Nature Program;19
6.1.2;1.2 New Visions of Nature: Complexity and Authenticity;22
6.1.2.1;1.2.1 Science and Nature: Beyond Reductionism;22
6.1.2.2;1.2.2 Science and Society: Post-Normal Science;23
6.1.2.3;1.2.3 Society and Nature: Reflexive Modernity;24
6.1.2.4;1.2.4 New Visions of Nature: Basic Questions;25
6.1.2.5;1.2.5 Authenticity?;27
6.1.3;1.3 Layout of this Volume;29
6.1.3.1;1.3.1 Part II: Public Visions of Nature;29
6.1.3.2;1.3.2 Part III: The Genomics View of Nature;30
6.1.3.3;1.3.3 Part IV: Philosophy of Landscape and Place;32
6.1.4;References;33
7;Part II Public Visions of Nature;35
7.1;2 Technological Nature And the Problem When Good Enough Becomes Good;36
7.1.1;2.1 Introduction;36
7.1.2;2.2 Technological Nature;37
7.1.2.1;2.2.1 Technological Views: The Real-Time Plasma Display Window Studies;37
7.1.2.1.1;2.2.1.1 The Field Study;37
7.1.2.1.2;2.2.1.2 The Experimental Study;39
7.1.2.2;2.2.2 Technological Animals: The Robotic Dog Studies;40
7.1.2.2.1;2.2.2.1 The AIBO Discussion Forum Study;41
7.1.2.2.2;2.2.2.2 The AIBO Developmental Study;44
7.1.2.3;2.2.3 Technological Humans: The Robovie Study;45
7.1.3;2.3 The Authenticity of Technological Nature?;47
7.1.3.1;2.3.1 An I--Thou Relationship with Technological Humans?;48
7.1.3.2;2.3.2 An I--Thou Relationship with Technological Animals and Plants?;49
7.1.4;2.4 The Problem When Good Enough Becomes Good;50
7.1.5;2.5 Conclusion;52
7.1.6;References;54
7.2;3 They Could Have Used a Robot: Technology, Nature Experience and Human Flourishing;56
7.2.1;3.1 A Realistic Focus;56
7.2.2;3.2 Authentic Relationships;57
7.2.3;3.3 Nature Experience and Human Well-Being;58
7.2.4;3.4 Technologys Double-Edged Sword;59
7.2.5;3.5 Conclusion;61
7.2.6;References;61
7.3;4 The Authenticity of Nature: An Exploration of Lay Peoples Interpretations in the Netherlands;62
7.3.1;4.1 Introduction;62
7.3.2;4.2 Approach and Method;64
7.3.3;4.3 Results;70
7.3.3.1;4.3.1 Images of Relationship;71
7.3.3.2;4.3.2 Responses to the Example Series;72
7.3.3.2.1;4.3.2.1 The Example Series of Physical Interventions in Nature;72
7.3.3.2.2;4.3.2.2 The Example Series of Genetic Interventions in Nature;74
7.3.3.3;4.3.3 Images of Nature and Technology;76
7.3.3.3.1;4.3.3.1 Balances of Nature;76
7.3.3.3.2;4.3.3.2 Images of Technology;76
7.3.3.4;4.3.4 Ethics;78
7.3.3.5;4.3.5 Dimensions of Authenticity;79
7.3.4;4.4 Reflection;80
7.3.5;References;81
7.4;5 The Hierarchical and Unconscious Mind: Reflections on the Authenticity of Nature;82
7.4.1;5.1 Introduction;82
7.4.2;5.2 The Hierarchy of the Human Mind;82
7.4.3;5.3 The Unconscious Mind;85
7.4.4;5.4 Conclusion;87
7.4.5;References;87
7.5;6 The Trouble with Plovers;89
7.5.1;6.1 Introduction;89
7.5.2;6.2 The Snowy Plover;90
7.5.3;6.3 Habitat and the Endangered Species Act;91
7.5.4;6.4 Conflicts Over Plover Management;95
7.5.5;6.5 Values and Meanings;99
7.5.6;6.6 Conclusion;101
7.5.7;References;102
7.6;7 About Snowy Plovers, Lapwings and Wolves: How to Include Contrasting Visions of Ecologists and Laymen in Decision-Making;104
7.6.1;7.1 Introduction;104
7.6.2;7.2 The Story of the Snowy Plover;105
7.6.3;7.3 Human/Nature Relationships;105
7.6.4;7.4 The Stories of the Lapwing and the Wolf;108
7.6.5;7.5 Concluding Remarks;110
7.6.6;References;111
8;Part III The Genomics View of Nature;113
8.1;8 Detachment, Genomics and the Nature of Being Human;114
8.1.1;8.1 Introduction;114
8.1.2;8.2 Aristotles Nature and Immanent Teleology;115
8.1.3;8.3 The Problem Space of Modern Biology;116
8.1.4;8.4 Nature Explores Greater Levels of Detachment;117
8.1.5;8.5 Comparative Genomics and Detachment;121
8.1.6;8.6 Detachment, Materiality and Final Cause;122
8.1.7;8.7 Sociality, Culture and Compensation;123
8.1.8;8.8 From Philosophical Anthropology to a New Vision of Nature;125
8.1.9;References;126
8.2;9 The Detached Animal On the Technical Nature of Being Human;127
8.2.1;9.1 Introduction;127
8.2.2;9.2 The Principle of Detachment;127
8.2.3;9.3 Detachment and Finality;128
8.2.4;9.4 Metabolism, Freedom and Finality;129
8.2.5;9.5 Is It Matter that Matters? Detachment and Form;130
8.2.6;9.6 The Most Detached Animal;132
8.2.7;9.7 Detachment and Isolation;133
8.2.8;9.8 Becoming Detached: Anthropotechnologies and the Evolution of Man;134
8.2.9;9.9 The Burden of Detachment and the Danger of Technology;136
8.2.10;References;137
8.3;10 Metagenomic Metaphors: New Images of the Human from Translational Genomic Research;138
8.3.1;10.1 Introduction: The Context of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP);138
8.3.2;10.2 The Context of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP);139
8.3.2.1;10.2.1 Translational Genomic Research;140
8.3.2.2;10.2.2 'Metagenomic' DNA Sequencing Research;141
8.3.3;10.3 Metagenomic Metaphors;142
8.3.4;10.4 The Human Metagenome as a Sensory-Motor Organ;143
8.3.5;10.5 Discussion: Implications for Genetic Determinism;144
8.3.6;10.6 The Human Body as an Ecosystem;146
8.3.7;10.7 Discussion: Implications for Concepts of Health and Disease;147
8.3.8;10.8 The Human Being as a Super-Organism;149
8.3.9;10.9 Discussion: Implications for Human Identity;150
8.3.10;10.10 Conclusion;152
8.3.11;References;153
8.4;11 The Metagenomic World-View: A Comment on Eric T. Juengsts Metagenomic Metaphors;155
8.4.1;11.1 The Nature of Metagenomic Knowledge;155
8.4.2;11.2 Metagenomic Metaphors;156
8.4.3;11.3 The Wider Scope of Metagenomics;160
8.4.4;References;160
8.5;12 Genomics Metaphors and Genetic Determinism;162
8.5.1;12.1 The Human Genome Project: From Blueprint to Map ;162
8.5.2;12.2 The Map Metaphor;164
8.5.3;12.3 The Blueprint Metaphor and Its Discontents;166
8.5.4;12.4 Craig Venter as a Geographer of Life;168
8.5.5;12.5 Genres of Imagination: Novels as Research Tools;171
8.5.6;12.6 Genomics Novels;173
8.5.7;12.7 Next;175
8.5.8;References;179
8.6;13 Maps and the Taxonomic Style;180
8.6.1;13.1 Introduction;180
8.6.2;13.2 Mapping;181
8.6.3;References;183
9;Part IV Philosophy of Landscape and Place;185
9.1;14 Thinking Like a Mountain: Ethics and Place as Travelling Concepts;186
9.1.1;14.1 Placing the Ethics of Place;186
9.1.2;14.2 Aldo Leopold and the Ethics of Place;188
9.1.3;14.3 Places Know;189
9.1.4;14.4 Questions About the Ethics of Place;194
9.1.5;14.5 Olfactory Poems;198
9.1.6;References;200
9.2;15 Towards an Epistemology of Place;201
9.2.1;15.1 Introduction;201
9.2.2;15.2 An Epistemology of Place;202
9.2.3;15.3 An Ethics of Place or Pragmatic Ethics?;203
9.2.4;15.4 Moral Allocation Principles in Nature Conservation;204
9.2.5;15.5 Conclusion;206
9.2.6;References;207
9.3;16 Developing Nature Along Dutch Rivers: Place or Non-Place;208
9.3.1;16.1 Introduction;208
9.3.2;16.2 Ethics of Place as a Countermovement;208
9.3.3;16.3 Dike Reinforcements Endangering the Landscapeof Memory;210
9.3.4;16.4 Wetlands and the Erosion of Meaning;215
9.3.5;16.5 New Nature and the Loss of Connectedness;216
9.3.6;16.6 Ethics of Place or Defending Your Back Yard?;217
9.3.7;16.7 Putting New Nature in Place;220
9.3.8;16.8 Towards a Palimpsest Landscape?;223
9.3.9;16.9 Non-place in Supermodernity;224
9.3.10;16.10 Are We Strangers on the Land?;227
9.3.11;16.11 New Wilderness as an Effort to Emplace Our Homelessness;228
9.3.12;16.12 Closing Remark;229
9.3.13;References;230
9.4;17 Restoring Nature in a Mobile Society;232
9.4.1;17.1 Introduction;232
9.4.2;17.2 Locals and Visitors;232
9.4.3;17.3 Domination and Partnership;234
9.4.4;17.4 The Cultivated and the Wild;235
9.4.5;17.5 Strangers in the Land?;237
9.4.6;17.6 Mobile Nature;237
9.4.7;References;239
9.5;18 Between Nativism and Cosmopolitanism: Framing and Reframing in Invasion Biology;240
9.5.1;18.1 Introduction;240
9.5.2;18.2 Bioinvaders: The Next Plague;240
9.5.3;18.3 Conflicts Over Welfare and Words;243
9.5.4;18.4 Nativism Versus Cosmopolitanism;245
9.5.5;18.5 The Continuum from Restoration to Recombination;247
9.5.5.1;18.5.1 The Impact of Restoration Ecology on Invasion Biology;248
9.5.5.2;18.5.2 Restoration as a Performing Art;249
9.5.5.3;18.5.3 Two Roads Within Invasion Biology;250
9.5.5.4;18.5.4 Engineering the Ecosystem: The Reparation Metaphor;251
9.5.5.5;18.5.5 Health and Integrity: The Rehabilitation Metaphor;252
9.5.5.6;18.5.6 The Other End of the Continuum: The Recombination Metaphor;254
9.5.6;18.6 Towards a Multiple Vision on Invasive Species;256
9.5.7;References;257
9.6;19 Further Towards a Continuum Between Nativism and Cosmopolitanism;260
9.6.1;19.1 Introduction;260
9.6.2;19.2 Humans and Nature: Unexpected Interactions;260
9.6.3;19.3 Welcoming the Unexpected;262
9.6.4;19.4 Ruins and Restorations;263
9.6.5;19.5 The Dynamics of Nature and Alternative Visions for Non-native Species;264
9.6.6;References;265
10;Part V Conclusions;267
10.1;20 Nature, Technology and the Human Condition;268
10.1.1;20.1 Introduction;268
10.1.2;20.2 Public Visions of Nature;271
10.1.3;20.3 The Genomics View of Nature;273
10.1.4;20.4 Philosophy of Landscape and Place;276
10.1.5;20.5 Concluding Remarks;278
10.1.6;References;279
10.2;Index;280