The social construction of nature : a sociology of ecological enlightenment

Klaus Eder ; introduction and Parts I and II translated by Mark Ritter

In this unique and agenda-setting examination of the relation between nature and culture, Klaus Eder demonstrates our ideas of nature are culturally determined, and explains how the relation between modern, industrial societies and nature is increasingly violent and destructive. Through an analysis of symbolism, ritual and taboo, Eder questions the view of nature as an object. Showing how nature is socially constructed, he presents a critique of Marx and Durkheim while offering a radical reinterpretation of the relationship among society, culture and nature. Eder concludes with an examination of the symbolic order of society and of the role of religion in modern culture. Using a culturalist interpretation, he explains how environmentalism, and the social construction of nature, is a key index of social order and structure.

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In this unique and agenda-setting examination of the relation between nature and culture, Klaus Eder demonstrates our ideas of nature are culturally determined, and explains how the relation between modern, industrial societies and nature is increasingly violent and destructive. Through an analysis of symbolism, ritual and taboo, Eder questions the view of nature as an object. Showing how nature is socially constructed, he presents a critique of Marx and Durkheim while offering a radical reinterpretation of the relationship among society, culture and nature. Eder concludes with an examination of the symbolic order of society and of the role of religion in modern culture. Using a culturalist interpretation, he explains how environmentalism, and the social construction of nature, is a key index of social order and structure.

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[目次]

  • Introduction PART ONE: A SOCIAL THEORY OF NATURE The Theoretical Construction of Nature A Critique of Naturalistic Theories of Evolution The Evolution of the Societal Relationship to Nature as a Learning Process? An Ecological Critique of Practical Reason PART TWO: FROM NATURE TO CULTURE Culinary Morality A Comparative Analysis of Food Taboos Carnivorous and Vegetarian Culture Two Models of the Symbolic Organization of Society The Modern Discourse on What To Eat A Sociology of the Natural Foods Movement PART THREE: THE MODERN POLITICS OF NATURE Framing and Communicating Nature The Political Transformation of Modern Environmentalism The Politics of Nature A New Politics?

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[目次]

  • Introduction PART ONE: A SOCIAL THEORY OF NATURE The Theoretical Construction of Nature A Critique of Naturalistic Theories of Evolution The Evolution of the Societal Relationship to Nature as a Learning Process? An Ecological Critique of Practical Reason PART TWO: FROM NATURE TO CULTURE Culinary Morality A Comparative Analysis of Food Taboos Carnivorous and Vegetarian Culture Two Models of the Symbolic Organization of Society The Modern Discourse on What To Eat A Sociology of the Natural Foods Movement PART THREE: THE MODERN POLITICS OF NATURE Framing and Communicating Nature The Political Transformation of Modern Environmentalism The Politics of Nature A New Politics?

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書名 The social construction of nature : a sociology of ecological enlightenment
著作者等 Eder, Klaus
Ritter, Mark
書名別名 Die Vergesellschaftung der Natur : Studien zur sozialen Evolution der praktischen Vernunft
シリーズ名 Theory, culture and society
出版元 Sage Publications
刊行年月 c1996
版表示 Enlarged ed
ページ数 x, 243 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0803978499
0803978480
NCID BA28802181
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言語 英語
原文言語 ドイツ語
出版国 イギリス
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