Interpreting Nature: Cultural Constructions of the Environment

by I.G. Simmons

Book Overview

Human society has constructed many varied notions of the environment. Scientific information about the environment is often seen as the only worthwhile knowledge. This ignores the complexities created by interaction between people and the environment. Idealist thinking argues that everything we know is based on a construct of our minds and that all is possible. Can both be correct and true? Interpreting Nature explores the position of humanity in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415097061
• ISBN13: 9780415097062
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"