Interpreting Nature

The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Ecology, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: Brian Treanor, Martin Drenthen, David Utsler ISBN: 9780823254279
Publisher: Fordham University Press Publication: November 11, 2013
Imprint: Fordham University Press Language: English
Author: Brian Treanor, Martin Drenthen, David Utsler
ISBN: 9780823254279
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication: November 11, 2013
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Language: English

Modern environmentalism has come to realize that many of its key concerns—“wilderness” and “nature” among them—are contested territory, viewed differently by different people. Understanding nature requires science and ecology, to be sure, but it also requires a sensitivity to history, culture, and narrative. Thus, understanding nature is a fundamentally hermeneutic task.

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Modern environmentalism has come to realize that many of its key concerns—“wilderness” and “nature” among them—are contested territory, viewed differently by different people. Understanding nature requires science and ecology, to be sure, but it also requires a sensitivity to history, culture, and narrative. Thus, understanding nature is a fundamentally hermeneutic task.

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