Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism: From Beauty to Duty

by Sheila Lintott

Environmental aesthetics is an emerging field of study that focuses on nature's aesthetic value as well as on its ethical and environmental implications. Drawing on the research of a number of disciplines, this exciting new area speaks to scholars working in a range of fields, including not only philosophy, but also environmental and cultural studies, public policy and planning, social and political theory, landscape design and management, and art...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231138865
• ISBN13: 9780231138864
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher