How nature speaks : the dynamics of the human ecological condition / edited by Yrjo Haila and Chuck Dyke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haila, Yrjö.

Dyke, Chuck, 1938-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

New ecologies for the twenty-first century.

New ecologies for the twenty-first century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Groundbreaking collection contends that humans must establish communication with the rest of nature and a mutually nurturing relationship that builds on nature's presence in all human practices.

Contents:

Introduction: What to say about nature's "speech" / Yrjo Haila and Chuck Dyke

Speaking of nature / Susan Oyama

Natural speech : a hoary story / Chuck Dyke

Gardens, climate changes, and cultures : an exploration into the historical nature of environmental problems / Ville Lohde

Participative thinking : "seeing the face" and "hearing the voice" of nature / John Shotter

Rethinking intentionality : a bourdieuian perspective / Iordanis Marcoulatos

Fluids on the move : an analogical account of environmental mobilization / Lasse Peltonen

Fight over the face of Tampere : a sneaking transformation of a local political field / Markus Laine

Stand/ardization and entrainment in forest management / Ari Jokinen

Calculating the futures : stability and change in a local energy production system / Taru Peltola

Exploring themes about social agency through interpretation of diagrams of nature and society / Peter Taylor

Who speaks for nature? / John O'Neill.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.

ISBN:

9786613022288

9781283022286

1283022281

9780822387718

0822387719

OCLC:

226068050