| Description |
viii, 341 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. To Serve Man or to Serve Nature? Nature and Technology in Ancient and Classical Civilizations -- 2. Religion, Nature, and Technology: The Medieval Explosion -- 3. Technology Flourishes: The Renaissance and the Reformation -- 4. Technology Triumphs: The Industrial Revolution -- 5. Americans Conquer Their Continent, 1492-1865 -- 6. Americans Exploit Their Continent, 1865-1940 -- 7. Marxist Socialism, Nature, and Technology -- 8. Nature and Technology in Islam -- 9. Nazism Assaults the West from Within -- 10. The Orient, Nature, and Technology -- 11. Technological Cornucopianism -- 12. Contemporary Critics of Technology -- 13. Woman As Nature and God in Nature -- 14. People Are Not above Nature: The Challenge of Deep Ecology -- 15. Reform or Revolution? -- 16. Where Does Humanity Go from Here |
| Analysis |
Geschichte |
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Human Philosophy History |
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Human Religious History |
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Nature Religious History |
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Technology and civilization |
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Attitudes |
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Civilisation |
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Environmental impact |
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Human ecology |
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Natural resource management |
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Natural resources |
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Overseas item |
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Philosophy |
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Technological change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-324) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Philosophy -- History.
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Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- History.
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Nature -- Religious aspects -- History.
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Technology and civilization.
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| LC no. |
92027184 |
| ISBN |
0814726119 (acid-free paper) |
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0814726178 (paperback) |
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