{"product_id":"rethinking-nature-aurzslie-chonzs-9781138214927","title":"Rethinking Nature: Challenging Disciplinary Boundaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary ideas of nature were largely shaped by schools of thought from Western cultural history and philosophy until the present-day concerns with environmental change and biodiversity conservation. There are many different ways of conceptualising nature in epistemological terms, reflecting the tensions between the polarities of humans as masters or protectors of nature and as part of or outside of nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book shows how nature is today the focus of numerous debates, calling for an approach which goes beyond the merely technical or scientific. It adopts a threefold - critical, historical and cross-disciplinary - approach in order to summarise the current state of knowledge. It includes contributions informed by the humanities (especially history, literature and philosophy) and social sciences, concerned with the production and circulation of knowledge about \"nature\" across disciplines and across national and cultural spaces. The volume also demonstrates the ongoing reconfiguration of subject disciplines, as seen in the recent emergence of new interdisciplinary approaches and the popularity of the prefix \"eco-\" (e.g. ecocriticism, ecospirituality, ecosophy and ecofeminism, as well as subdivisions of ecology, including urban ecology, industrial ecology and ecosystem services). Each chapter provides a concise overview of its topic which will serve as a helpful introduction to students and a source of easy reference. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text is also valuable reading for researchers interested in philosophy, sociology, anthropology, geography, ecology, politics and all their respective environmentalist strands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aurélie Choné\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138214922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138214927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Aurélie Choné","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113268195583,"sku":"9781138214927","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22cacb7e-e660-4e40-834a-6b98894c8eff.jpg?v=1769613990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-nature-aurzslie-chonzs-9781138214927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}