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Reinventing Eden The Fate of Nature in Western Culture ~ The Recovery of Eden story is the mainstream narrative of Western culture It is perhaps the most important mythology humans have developed to make sense of their relationship to the earth Internalized by Europeans and Americans alike since the seventeenth century this story has propelled countless efforts by humans to recover Eden by
Reinventing Eden The Fate of Nature in Western Culture ~ Reinventing Eden Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture
Reinventing Eden the fate of nature in Western culture ~ With eloquence and insight Merchant shows how the drive to conquer nature and to explore and settle the globe springs from this utopian pastoral impulse Time and again human manipulation of the environment is our downfall Eden is achieved by fencing off pristine beauty in national parks and wildlife preserves while leaving the majority of the Earth in ruinsJacket
Reinventing Eden The Fate of Nature in Western Culture ~ Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth
REINVENTING EDEN The Fate of Nature in Western Culture ~ REINVENTING EDEN The Fate of Nature in Western Culture In her challenging book environmental historian Merchant The Death of Nature attempts to put the current ecological crisis into perspective by examining historical thoughts regarding the loss of Eden and attempts to recover it
Reinventing Eden The Fate of Nature in Western Culture ~ Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth
Reinventing Eden the fate of nature in Western culture ~ Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western culture from Columbus voyages to todays tropical island retreats Few narratives are so powerful and as Carolyn Merchant shows so misguided and destructive as the dream of recapturing a lost paradise
Reinventing Eden The Fate of Nature in Western Culture ~ This work shows how the drive to conquer nature explore and settle the globe springs from a utopian pastoral impulse throughout Western history It traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations in shopping malls theme parks and gated communities
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