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Making sense of nature = representation, politics and democracy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Making sense of nature/ Noel Castree.
Reminder of title:	representation, politics and democracy /
Author:	Castree, Noel,
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge, : 2014.,
Description:	1 online resource (xxv, 347 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Philosophy of nature. -
Online resource:	http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780415545488
ISBN:	9780203503461 (ebk.)

Making sense of nature = representation, politics and democracy /
Castree, Noel,1968-

Making sense of naturerepresentation, politics and democracy /[electronic resource] :Noel Castree. - Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2014. - 1 online resource (xxv, 347 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Making sense of sense making -- pt. 2. Representations and their effects -- pt. 3. Key epistemic communities : the making, mobilisation and regulation of nature-knowledge today.

"We listen to a cacophony of voices instructing us how to think and feel about nature, including our own bodies. The news media, wildlife documentaries, science magazines, and environmental NGOs are among those clamouring for our attention. But are we empowered by all this knowledge or is our dependence on various epistemic communities allowing our thoughts, sentiments and activities to be unduly governed by others? Drawing on over 30 years on research into the 'social constitution of nature', Making Sense of Nature shows that what we call 'nature' is made sense of for us in ways that make it central to social order, social change and social dissent. By utilising insights and extended examples from anthropology, cultural studies, human geography, philosophy, politics, sociology, science studies, this interdisciplinary text asks whether we can better make sense of nature for ourselves, and thus participate more meaningfully in momentous decisions about the future of life - human and non-human - on the planet. This book shows how 'nature' can be made sense of without presuming its naturalness. The challenge is not so much to rid ourselves of the idea of nature and its 'collateral concepts' (such as genes) but instead, we need to be more alert to how, why and with what effects ideas about 'nature' get fashioned and deployed in specific situations"--

ISBN: 9780203503461 (ebk.)

LCCN: 2012050839Subjects--Topical Terms:

559767
Philosophy of nature.

LC Class. No.: BD581 / .C298 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 113 / C355

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