Seeing a cat rubbing against a person, Charles Darwin described her as in an affectionate frame of mind; for Samuel Barnett, a behavioralist, the mental realm is beyond the grasp of scientists andbehavior must be described technically, as a physical action only. What difference does this difference make? In Eileen Crist's analysis of the language used to portray animal behavior, the difference is that in the reader's mind the very image of the cat's 'body' is transfigured...from an experiencing subject...into a vacant object. "Images of Animals" examines the literature of behavioral...
Seeing a cat rubbing against a person, Charles Darwin described her as in an affectionate frame of mind; for Samuel Barnett, a behavioralist, the ment...
Examines the literature of behavioral science, revealing how works with the common aim of documenting animal lives, habits, and instincts describe i 1/2realities that are world's aparti 1/2'. This title explains the Cartesian verdict of an unbridgeable chasm between animals and humans and the Darwinian panorama of evolutionary continuity."
Examines the literature of behavioral science, revealing how works with the common aim of documenting animal lives, habits, and instincts describe i 1...
Gaian theory, which holds that Earth's physical and biological processes are inextricably bound to form a self-regulating system, is more relevant than ever in light of increasing concerns about global climate change. The Gaian paradigm of Earth as a living system, first articulated by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the 1970s, has inspired a burgeoning body of researchers working across disciplines that range from physics and biology to philosophy and politics. Gaia in Turmoil reflects this disciplinary richness and intellectual diversity, with contributions (including essays...
Gaian theory, which holds that Earth's physical and biological processes are inextricably bound to form a self-regulating system, is more relevant ...
Life on the Brink aspires to reignite a robust discussion of population issues among environmentalists, environmental studies scholars, policymakers, and the general public. Some of the leading voices in the American environmental movement restate the case that population growth is a major force behind many of our most serious ecological problems, including global climate change, habitat loss and species extinctions, air and water pollution, and food and water scarcity. As we surpass seven billion world inhabitants, contributors argue that ending population growth worldwide and in...
Life on the Brink aspires to reignite a robust discussion of population issues among environmentalists, environmental studies scholars, poli...
Is it time to embrace the so-called Anthropocene the age of human dominion and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilderness areas? Is the future of Earth to be fully domesticated, an engineered global garden managed by technocrats to serve humanity? The schism between advocates of rewilding and those who accept and even celebrate a post-wild world is arguably the hottest intellectual battle in contemporary conservation.
In "Keeping the Wild," a group of prominent scientists, writers, and conservation activists responds to the Anthropocene-boosters who claim...
Is it time to embrace the so-called Anthropocene the age of human dominion and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilde...
Protected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife. These parks and reserves are set apart to forever remain in contrast to those places where human activities, technologies, and developments prevail. But even as the biodiversity crisis accelerates, a growing number of voices are suggesting that protected areas are passe. Conservation, they argue, should instead focus on lands managed for human use working landscapes and abandon the goal of preventing human-caused extinctions in favor of maintaining ecosystem services to support...
Protected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife. These parks and reserves are set ap...
