Nature and madness /
Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence -- we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Here Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
[1998]
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| Summary: | Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence -- we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Here Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways to repair broken bonds with the earth, our past, and nature. Ultimately encouraging, he notes, "There is a secret person undamaged in every individual. We have not lost, and cannot lose, the genuine impulse". |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, ©1982. |
| Physical Description: | xxii, 178 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0820319805 9780820319803 |