| Description |
viii, 246 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Natures of Nature -- 2. Ancient Greece and Rome -- 3. The Middle Ages -- 4. The Advent of Modernity -- 5. The World Beyond Europe -- 6. Nature as Landscape -- 7. Reassessments of Nature: Romantic and Ecological -- 8. The Disunited Colours of Nature -- 9. The Future of Nature |
| Summary |
Is nature an objective reality unaffected, in its beautiful simplicity, by time, culture, and place? What does this extraordinarily complex term mean? These are the riveting questions examined by Peter Coates as he demonstrates that nature, like us, has a history. Beginning with Roman times, he lifts the veil of nature and reveals the ideological and material factors that have influenced human perceptions of, attitudes to, and uses of nature - notably religion and ethics, science, technology, economics, gender, and ethnicity. The book is essential reading for those who seek an understanding of the history of ideas and the role of nature in that history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-239) and index |
| Subject |
Nature -- Social aspects.
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Nature.
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Philosophy of nature.
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| LC no. |
99163024 |
| ISBN |
0520217438 |
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