Humans and Their Environment, Beyond the Nature/Culture Opposition

by Claude Calame

The modern concept of nature appeared during the XVIIth Century: nature as a mechanical object to be submitted to the reason of man. A long tradition refers to the modern concept of nature to the Greek phusis. Actually, phusis refers to a dynamic process, and it engages in criticizing the modern paradigm of nature as opposed to culture.
As it is, the principle of domination and of the exploitation by man of what we consider as nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1801351848
• ISBN13: 9781801351843
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Transnational Press London
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"