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1 online resource (xxvi, 242 pages) |
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Contents -- Preface to the 1994 Reprint -- PART ONE: In Pursuit of an Idea: Historical Perspectives -- 1 The Cunning of Unreason -- 2 Mythical, Religious, and Philosophical Roots -- 3 Francis Bacon -- 4 The Seventeenth Century and After -- PART TWO: Science, Technology, and the Domination of Nature -- 5 Science and Domination -- 6 Science and Nature -- 7 Technology and Domination -- 8 The Liberation of Nature? -- Appendix�Technological Rationality: Marcuse and His Critics -- Notes and References -- List of Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D |
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| Summary |
Scientists, social thinkers, public officials, and the public have been aroused by the recognition that failure to understand the destructive impact of industrial society and advanced technologies on the delicate balance of organic life in the global ecosystem may result in devastating problems for future generations. William Leiss argues that this global predicament must be understood in terms of deeply rooted attitudes towards nature. He traces the origins, development, and social consequences of an idea whose imprint is everywhere in modern thought: the idea of the domination of nature. Originally published in 1972, The Domination of Nature was part of the first wave of widespread environmental issues. In an extensive new preface explains why his study is as relevant as ever |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index |
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In English |
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Human beings -- Influence on nature
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Science and civilization.
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Technology and civilization.
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Philosophy of nature.
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Human ecology.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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human ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Cosmology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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Human ecology
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Philosophy of nature
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Science and civilization
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Technology and civilization
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ECOLOGIA HUMANA.
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MEIO AMBIENTE (INFLUÊNCIA DO HOMEM)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773564794 |
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0773564799 |
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