Environment and Society: Socionatural Relations in the Anthropocene

This short book sets out to explore the concept of nature in the context of a changing reality, in which the extent of our transformation of the environment has become evident: What is nature and to what extent has humanity transformed it? How do nature and society relate to one another? What does t...

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Tác giả chính: Arias-Maldonado, Manuel
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-588092023-11-11T06:21:16Z Environment and Society: Socionatural Relations in the Anthropocene Arias-Maldonado, Manuel Environmentalism Environmental policy Human ecology This short book sets out to explore the concept of nature in the context of a changing reality, in which the extent of our transformation of the environment has become evident: What is nature and to what extent has humanity transformed it? How do nature and society relate to one another? What does the idea of a sustainable society entail and how can nature be understood as a political subject? What is the Anthropocene and how does it affect nature as both an idea and a material entity? Has nature perhaps “ended?” In addressing these questions, the author delivers a concise but meaningful study of contemporary understandings of nature, one that goes beyond the limits posed by a single discipline. Adopting a truly comprehensive perspective, the work incorporates classical disciplines such as philosophy, evolutionary theory and the history of ideas; new and mixed approaches ranging from environmental sociology to neurobiology and ecological economics and the emerging area of the environmental humanities and represents a growing branch of political thought that views nature as a new political subject. 2015-10-09T07:31:50Z 2015-10-09T07:31:50Z 2015 Book 978-3-319-15952-2 978-3-319-15951-5 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/58809 en application/pdf Springer
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topic Environmentalism
Environmental policy
Human ecology
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Environmental policy
Human ecology
Arias-Maldonado, Manuel
Environment and Society: Socionatural Relations in the Anthropocene
description This short book sets out to explore the concept of nature in the context of a changing reality, in which the extent of our transformation of the environment has become evident: What is nature and to what extent has humanity transformed it? How do nature and society relate to one another? What does the idea of a sustainable society entail and how can nature be understood as a political subject? What is the Anthropocene and how does it affect nature as both an idea and a material entity? Has nature perhaps “ended?” In addressing these questions, the author delivers a concise but meaningful study of contemporary understandings of nature, one that goes beyond the limits posed by a single discipline. Adopting a truly comprehensive perspective, the work incorporates classical disciplines such as philosophy, evolutionary theory and the history of ideas; new and mixed approaches ranging from environmental sociology to neurobiology and ecological economics and the emerging area of the environmental humanities and represents a growing branch of political thought that views nature as a new political subject.
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title Environment and Society: Socionatural Relations in the Anthropocene
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