{"product_id":"endangerment-biodiversity-and-culture-fernando-vidal-9781138847415","title":"Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts, values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction, and with the procedures aimed at preserving them. Usually animated by a sense of urgency and citizenship, identifying endangered entities involves evaluating an impending threat and opens the way for preservation strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndangerment, Biodiversity and Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e looks at some of the fundamental ways in which this process involves science, but also more than science: not only data and knowledge and institutions, but also affects and values. Focusing on an \"endangerment sensibility,\" it encapsulates tensions between the normative and the utilitarian, the natural and the cultural. The chapters situate that specifically modern sensibility in historical perspective, and examine central aspects of its recent and present forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely volume offers the most cutting-edge insights into the Environmental Humanities for researchers working in Environmental Studies, History, Anthropology, Sociology and Science and Technology Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernando Vidal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138847410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138847415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Fernando Vidal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065377075455,"sku":"9781138847415","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c60582a-92a4-4735-b36d-e08a5bdc48a8.jpg?v=1768674784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/endangerment-biodiversity-and-culture-fernando-vidal-9781138847415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}