{"product_id":"the-social-creation-of-nature-neil-evernden-9780801845482","title":"The Social Creation of Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne reason for our failure to \"save the earth,\" argues Neil Evernden, is our disagreement about what \"nature\" really is--how it works, what constitutes a risk to it, and even whether we ourselves are part of it. Nature is as much a social entity as a physical one. In addition to the physical resources to be harnessed and transformed, it consists of a domain of norms that may be called upon in defense of certain social ideals. In exploring the consequences of conventional understandings of nature, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Creation of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e also seeks a way around the limitations of a socially created nature in order to defend what is actually imperiled--\"wildness,\" in which, Thoreau wrote, lies hope for \"the preservation of the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Evernden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801845483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801845482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.90w x 0.59d","brand":"Neil Evernden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526207525119,"sku":"9780801845482","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6990c392-409a-44a8-8c7e-5e851a3a3de6.jpg?v=1737555502","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-creation-of-nature-neil-evernden-9780801845482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}