Merchant, Carolyn.

Reinventing Eden : the fate of nature in Western culture / Carolyn Merchant.

New York : Routledge, 2003.

xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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"Reinventing Eden traces the Garden of Eden myth from the Mesopotamian regions where agriculture - and the creation myth - first began, through the Greek and Roman empires, the Enlightenment, and the modern capitalist world. With eloquence and insight, Merchant shows how the drive to conquer nature, and to explore and settle the globe, springs from this utopian pastoral impulse. Time and again, human manipulation of the environment is our downfall: Eden is achieved by fencing off pristine beauty in national parks and wildlife preserves, while leaving the majority of the Earth in ruins."--Jacket.

0415931649 (alk. paper)
9780415931649 (alk. paper)
9780203497623
0203497627
0415931657 (pbk.)
9780415931656 (pbk.)
9781280047534
1280047534

Kloster Schlatt
Human ecology Philosophy.
Human ecology History.
Nature Effect of human beings on.
Écologie humaine Philosophie.
Écologie humaine Histoire.
Homme Influence sur la nature.
Human ecology.
Anthropogener Einfluss
Humanökologie
Mythos
Natur
Naturbeherrschung
Zivilisation
Mens en natuur.
Paradies.

History.

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 227129
Cote: GF21 .M473 2003
Statut: Disponible