A philosophy of gardens [[electronic resource] /] / David E. Cooper

• Autore: Cooper David E (David Edward), <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 712.01
• Soggetto topico: Gardening - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-167) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Taking Gardens Seriously; 2. Art or Nature?; 3. Art-and-Nature?; 4. Gardens, People, and Practices; 5. Gardens and the Good Life; 6. The Meanings of Gardens; 7. The Garden as Epiphany; 8. Conclusion: The Garden's Distinction; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Why do gardens matter so much and mean so much to people? That is the intriguing question to which David Cooper seeks an answer in this book. Given the enthusiasm for gardens in human civilization ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, it is surprising that the question has been so long neglected by modern philosophy. Now at last there is a philosophy of gardens. David Cooper identifies garden appreciation as a special human phenomenon distinct from both from the appreciation of. art and the appreciation of nature. He discusses the contribution of gardening and other garden-related pursuits
• Titolo autorizzato: Philosophy of gardens
• ISBN: 1-383-04365-5; 1-280-90310-4; 0-19-151613-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822475303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II