The idea of wilderness : from prehistory to the age of ecology /

"How has the concept of wild nature changed over the millennia? And what have been the environmental consequences? In a wide-ranging work of intellectual history, Max Oelschlaeger presents a stimulating new examination of humankind's relationship with the natural world through the ages-fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oelschlaeger, Max (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1991]
Temas:
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Wilderness areas.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Philosophy of nature.
Écologie humaine > Philosophie.
Réserves de la vie sauvage.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
Philosophie de la nature.
wilderness areas.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Human ecology > Philosophy
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Philosophy of nature
Wilderness areas
Natuur.
Mensen.
Human influence on nature.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"How has the concept of wild nature changed over the millennia? And what have been the environmental consequences? In a wide-ranging work of intellectual history, Max Oelschlaeger presents a stimulating new examination of humankind's relationship with the natural world through the ages-from early totemism through Egyptian, Greco-Roman, and Judeo-Christian supernaturalism to the rise of materialism and modernism." -- Publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 477 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-459) and index.
ISBN:9780300191271
0300191278

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