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Recognizing the autonomy of nature : theory and practice /
"How do the ways in which we think about and describe nature shape the use and protection of the environment? Do our seemingly well-intentioned efforts in environmental conservation reflect a respect for nature or our desire to control nature's wildness? The contributors to this collection...
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: recognizing the autonomy of nature: theory and practice / Thomas Heyd
- Part I. Nature and autonomy of nature: are they real? Toward a progressive naturalism / Val Plumwood
- Is nature autonomous? / Keekok Lee
- Part II. Autonomous nature and human interests: are they compatible? The liberation of humanity and nature / Eric Katz
- Respecting nature's autonomy in relationship with humanity / Ned Hettinger
- Autonomy and agriculture / William Throop and Beth Vickers
- Part III. Management, restoration, and the autonomy of nature: a paradox? Homo administrator: managing a needy nature? / Dean Bavington
- Purple loosestrife and the "bounding" of nature in North American wetlands / John Sandlos
- Restoration, autonomy, and domination / Andrew Light
- Ecological restoration and the renewal of wildness and freedom / Mark Woods
- Conclusion: autonomy, restoration, and the law of nature / William R. Jordan III.