Social Nature: Theory, Practice and Politics

ISBN 10: 0631215689 / ISBN 13: 9780631215684

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR014642396

Inhaltsangabe:

This groundbreaking collection brings together for the first time diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature. Eleven leading contributors not only discuss social nature, but look at the concrete ways in which it is made and the political implications of its construction.

• Brings together for the first time diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature.
• Eleven leading contributors not only discuss social nature, but look at the concrete ways in which it is made and the political implications of its construction.
• Uses international case studies to illustrate the theoretical positions.
• A helpful introduction by the editors sets the chapters in context.
• Enables teachers and students to explore the ways in which social nature is evident and to engage with the direct implications of this for human lives, ecologies and politics.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Noel Castree is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester. Co-editor (with Bruce Braun) of Remaking reality: nature at the millennium (1998), he has published widely on social theory approaches to nature, with a particular focus on Marxian political economy. He is currently undertaking research on the commodifiaction of human genes and the commercial, cultural and ethical aspects of patenting living entities.

Bruce Braun is Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Minnesota. He is co-editor (with Noel Castree) of Remaking reality: nature at the millennium (1998) and has published widely on the social construction and cultural politics of nature. He is currently doing research on nature, the state and modernity in post-war Canada.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Social Nature: Theory, Practice and Politics
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fine