具体描述
This book argues that an attentive encounter with nature is of key importance for the development of an environmentally appropriate culture. The fundamental idea is that the environmental degradation that we are increasingly experiencing is best conceived as the consequence of a cultural mismatch: our cultures seem not to be appropriate to the natural environment in which we move and on which we depend in thoroughgoing ways. In addressing this problem, Thomas Heyd weaves together a rich tapestry of perspectives on human interactions with the natural world, ranging from traditional modes of managing human communities that include the natural environment, in Latin America, to the consideration of poetic travelogues, ecological restoration and botanic gardens. The volume is divided into three parts, which respectively consider the relation of human beings to nature in terms of ethics, aesthetics and culture. It engages the current literature in each of these areas with the help of inter-disciplinary approaches, as well as on the basis of personal encounters with natural spaces and processes. The ultimate aim of this book is to make a contribution to the development of a cultural fabric that is suitable to the natural spaces and processes in which we may thrive, and on which we all depend as individuals and as a species.
作者简介
Thomas Heyd is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Victoria, Canada.
目录信息
Notes on the Author ix
Foreword by Eric Katz xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction 1
Part I Environmental Conscience 13
2 The Case for Environmental Morality 15
3 Environmental Ethics and the Workplace: A Call to Action 37
4 Environment and Culture in Latin America: Community, Autonomy and Resistance 57
Part II Appreciating Nature 77
5 Aesthetic Appreciation and the Many Stories about Nature 79
6 Bashō and Wandering Aesthetics: Recuperating Space, Recognizing Place, Following the Ways of the Universe 93
7 Rock Art and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Natural Landscapes 109
8 After Mining: Reflections on Reclamation through Art 115
Part III Culture and Nature 121
9 Nature, Culture and Natural Heritage: Toward a Culture of Nature 123
10 Northern Plains Boulder Structures: Art and Heterotopias 139
11 Nature Restoration Without Dissimulation: Learning from Japanese Gardens and Earthworks 151
12 Botanic Gardens as Collaboration Between Humans and Nature 167
Afterword: Enabling an Environmental Culture 181
Index 187
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