The very idea of “nature”—implying something exterior to humanity and human culture—may be inimical to true ecological thinking, which presupposes the interconnectedness of all things. In the eco-poetry of the future, we may, in the words of one eco-theorist, “have lost nature but gained ecology.”That's the spirit! It's from page 200 of Ecology without Nature.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Ecology without Nature in The New Yorker
This week's one (October 24, 2011), on page 65:
ecology, philosophy, culture, science
Ecology without Nature
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