Encountering Nature - Heyd, Thomas

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Biographie:
Thomas Heyd is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Victoria, Canada.

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Contents: Foreword, Eric Katz; Preface; Introduction; Part I Environmental Conscience: The case for environmental morality; Environmental ethics in the workplace: a call to action; Environment and culture in Latin America: community, autonomy and resistance. Part II Appreciating Nature: Aesthetic appreciation and the many stories about nature; Basho and wandering aesthetics: recuperating space, recognizing place, following the ways of the universe; Rock art and the aesthetic appreciation of natural landscapes; After mining: reflections on reclamation through art. Part III Culture and Nature: Nature, culture, and natural heritage: toward a culture of nature; Northern plains boulder structures: art and heterotopias; Nature restoration without dissimulation: learning from Japanese gardens and earthworks; Botanic gardens as collaboration between humans and nature; Afterword: enabling an environmental culture; Index.