Social Nature
Theory, Practice and Politics
Noel Castree editor Bruce Braun editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:18th Oct '01
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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. <
"Nature as a concept, it is often said, is elusive, complex, promiscuous and yet familiar. Social Nature is a superb introduction to nature's complexity from the vantage point of the very best of critical geography. An excellent introduction to the epistemological thickets which have grown up around, and which threaten to strangle, our understanding of Nature as artifice and artifact." Michael Watts
"No other single volume summarizes and critically reviews the geographical research on social nature." Choice
ISBN: 9780631215684
Dimensions: 231mm x 154mm x 20mm
Weight: 390g
272 pages