Description
I think The Social Creation of Nature stands Evernden in relation to the present generation roughly as Thoreau stood in relation to New England Transcendentalism. -- Max Oelschlaeger, author of The Idea of Wilderness.
About the Author
Neil Evernden is associate professor of environmental studies at York University, Oantario, Canada. He is the author of The Natural Alien: Humankind and Environment.
Reviews
Sociobiologists talk about human life as if it were no more than an element of Nature, bound by its iron laws. Neil Evernden makes an end run around them by showing that once upon a time 'Nature' did not exist. Rather, he says, it is a human invention and it has a history. Environmental History Review A thoughtful and illuminating book... For Evernden, 'wildness' is what should be defended and preserved. New Scientist
Book Information
ISBN 9780801845482
Author Neil Evernden
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 312g