New Visions of Nature
Complexity and Authenticity
Editors: Drenthen, Martin A. M., Keulartz, F.W. Jozef, Proctor, James (Eds.)
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- Presents three hot topics that are currently being widely discussed within the scientific community
- Features critically peer reviewed essays, providing a balanced publication on the subject matter
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Contemporary visions of nature have been deeply affected by the ongoing interaction and interpenetration of science, nature, and society. These new visions appear to be more complex than older visions of nature and at the same time they seem to challenge our notions of authenticity.
"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.
- Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Nature in Motion
Pages 3-18
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Technological Nature – And the Problem When Good Enough Becomes Good
Pages 21-40
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They Could Have Used a Robot: Technology, Nature Experience and Human Flourishing
Pages 41-46
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The Authenticity of Nature: An Exploration of Lay People’s Interpretations in the Netherlands
Pages 47-66
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The Hierarchical and Unconscious Mind: Reflections on the Authenticity of Nature
Pages 67-73
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- New Visions of Nature
- Book Subtitle
- Complexity and Authenticity
- Editors
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- Martin A. M. Drenthen
- F.W. Jozef Keulartz
- James Proctor
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-90-481-2611-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-481-2611-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-2610-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-9181-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 285
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