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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797154503321

Autore

Vogel Steven <1954->

Titolo

Thinking like a mall : environmental philosophy after the end of nature / / Steven Vogel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-262-32699-X

0-262-32698-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

363.7001

Soggetti

Environmental sciences - Philosophy

Philosophy of nature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Against nature -- The social construction of nature -- Alienation, nature, and the environment -- The nature of artifacts -- Thinking like a mall -- The silence of nature -- Democracy and the commons.

Sommario/riassunto

A provocative argument that environmental thinking would be better off if it dropped the concept of ""nature"" altogether and spoke instead of the built environment.