The social construction of nature : a sociology of ecological enlightenment /

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Author / Creator:Eder, Klaus, 1946-
Uniform title:Vergesellschaftung der Natur. English
Imprint:London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1996.
Description:x, 243 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Theory, culture & society
Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2606882
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ISBN:0803978480
0803978499 (pbk)
Notes:Rev. translation of: Die Vergesellschaftung der Natur.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. The Modern Politics of Nature
  • Framing and Communicating Nature
  • The Political Transformation of Modern Environmentalism
  • The Politics of Nature
  • A New Politics?