Nature and madness / Paul Shepard ; with a foreword by C.L. Rawlins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepard, Paul, 1925-1996.

Contributor:

Rawlins, C. L. (Clem L.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence--we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Here Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways to repair broken bonds with the earth, our past, and nature. Ultimately encouraging, he notes, "There is a secret person undamaged in every individual. We have not lost, and cannot lose, the genuine impulse."

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Domesticators""; ""3 The Desert Fathers""; ""4 The Puritans""; ""5 The Mechanists""; ""6 The Dance of Neoteny and Ontogeny""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

Originally published: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, c1982.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49122-1

9786613586452

0-8203-4233-5

OCLC:

753976356