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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969524403321

Autore

Shepard Paul <1925-1996.>

Titolo

Nature and madness / / Paul Shepard ; with a foreword by C.L. Rawlins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, [1998]

ISBN

1-280-49122-1

9786613586452

0-8203-4233-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RawlinsC. L (Clem L.)

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Human ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, c1982.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Domesticators""; ""3 The Desert Fathers""; ""4 The Puritans""; ""5 The Mechanists""; ""6 The Dance of Neoteny and Ontogeny""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence--we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Here Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways to repair broken bonds with the earth, our past, and nature. Ultimately encouraging, he notes, "There is a secret person undamaged in every individual. We have not lost, and cannot lose, the genuine impulse."