Nature wars: essays around a contested concept

"Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several deca...

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1. Verfasser: Ellen, R. F. 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn 2021
Schriftenreihe:Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology Volume 27
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Zusammenfassung:"Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades. Made up of ten of Roy Ellen's finest articles, this book looks back at his ideas about nature and includes a new introduction that contextualizes the arguments and takes them forward. Many of the chapters focus on research the author has conducted amongst the Nuaulu people of eastern Indonesia"--
Beschreibung:xiii, 293 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781789208979