The love of nature and the end of the world : the unspoken dimensions of environmental concern /

"Virtually everyone values some aspect of the natural world. Yet many people are surprisingly unconcerned about environmental issues, treating them as the province of special interest groups. Seeking to understand how our appreciation for the beauty of nature and our indifference to its destruc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nicholsen, Shierry Weber
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Environmental degradation > Psychological aspects.
Écologie humaine > Philosophie.
Environnement > Dégradation > Aspect psychologique.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Many Silences
  • The Love of Nature and the Concern for Life
  • Tangling at the Roots of Being: Perception as Field and Reciprocity
  • What Beauty Can Tell Us: The Face of Nature
  • A Severe and Pervasive Apathy: Trauma, Destructiveness, and the End of the World
  • The Future and the Possible.

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