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Reinventing Nature?

Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction
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How much of science is culturally constructed? How much depends on language and metaphor? How do our ideas about nature connect with reality? Can nature be ""reinvented"" through theme parks and malls, or through restoration?Reinventing Nature? is an interdisciplinary investigation of how perceptions and conceptions of nature affect both the individual experience and society's management of nature. Leading thinkers from a variety of fields -- philosophy, psychology, sociology, public policy, forestry, and others -- address the conflict between perception and reality of nature, each from a different perspective. The editors of the volume provide an insightful introductory chapter that places the book in the context of contemporary debates and a concluding chapter that brings together themes and draws conclusions from the dialogue.In addition to the editors, contributors include Albert Borgmann, David Graber, N. Katherine Hayles, Stephen R. Kellert, Gary P. Nabhan, Paul Shepard, and Donald Worster.




A Note from the Editors


Preface



Introduction: Nature Under Fire


Lease
Gary





Virtually Hunting Reality in the Forests of Simulacra


Shepard
Paul





The Nature of Reality and the Reality of Nature


Borgmann
Albert





Searching for Common Ground


Hayles
N. Katherine





Nature and the Disorder of History


Worster
Donald





Cultural Parallax in Viewing North American Habitats


Nabhan
Gary Paul





Concepts of Nature East and West


Kellert
Stephen R.





Resolute Biocentrism: The Dilemma of Wilderness in National Parks


Graber
David M.





The Social Siege of Nature


Soulé
Michael E.




About the Contributors


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