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Place, ecology, and the sacred : the moral geography of sustainable communities /

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"People are born in one place. Traditionally humans move around more than other animals, but in modernity the global mobility of persons and the factors of production increasingly disrupts the sense of place that is an intrinsic part of the human experience of being on earth. Industrial develop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Northcott, Michael S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:
Place attachment.
Place (Philosophy) > Social aspects.
Human ecology.
Sustainable development.
Community development.
Attachement à un lieu.
Lieu (Philosophie) > Aspect social.
Écologie humaine.
Développement durable.
Développement communautaire.
human ecology.
sustainable development.
community development.
Christianity.
Aspects of religion (non-Christian)
Religion > General.
Religion > Christianity > General.
Community development
Human ecology
Place attachment
Sustainable development
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Losing and finding sacred place
  • Lament for a silent summer
  • Artificial persons and the political economy of place
  • Place, religion, and resistance to corporate power
  • Wilderness, religion, and ecological restoration in the Scottish highlands
  • Food sovereignty from Joshua to La Via Campesina
  • The moral geography of sustainable communities
  • Re-placing ethics in the city and the countryside.