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The Social Construction of Nature is a critical examination of the relationship between nature and culture. Eder demonstrates that our ideas of nature are culturally determined and explains how the interaction between modern industrial societies and nature is increasingly violent and destructive.
Through a careful analysis of symbolism, ritual and taboo, Eder questions the view of nature as an object. Showing how nature is socially constructed, the work presents a critique of Marx and Durkheim while offering a radical reinterpretation of the relation between society, culture and nature.
The Social Construction of Nature concludes with an examination of the symbolic basis of the modern politics of nature. Using a culturalist interpretation, Eder explains how environmentalism, and the social construction of nature, is a key index of social order and structure. This is a unique and agenda-setting interpretation of nature and ecology that will become the essential reference in any debate on environmental politics and sociology.
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Human ecology, Nature, Food habits, Social evolution, Effect of human beings on, Habitudes alimentaires, Homme, Raison, Ecologie humaine, Ecologie sociale, Natural Resources, Environmental Economics, Green Business, Sociologia, Influence sur la nature, Culture, Ecologia, Milieufilosofie, Evolution sociale, Kennissociologie, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Natuur, Environmental ethics, Ecology, Écologie humaine, Écologie sociale, Évolution sociale, Naturaleza, Efectos en los seres humanos, Food - sociocultural aspects, Humanity - relationship with nature, Physical anthropology, Evolution, Social sciences, PhilosophyShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The social construction of nature: a sociology of ecological enlightenment
1996, Sage Publications
in English
0585357803 9780585357805
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.
Rev. translation of: Die Vergesellschaftung der Natur.
Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.
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