Nested Ecology

The Place of Humans in the Ecological Hierarchy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic. Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus on human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social ecologies that in turn are nested within natural ecologies. Wimberley urges a complete reconceptualization of the human place in the ecological hierarchy. Going beyond the physical realms in which people live and interact, he extends the concept of ecology to spirituality and the "ecology of the unknown." In doing so, Wimberley defines a new environmental philosophy and a new ecological ethic.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-07-24
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
MedarbetareJohnF. Haught
ISBN9780801891564

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This book makes for salutary reading for anyone who is seeking to understand current ecological thinking-and for a lawyer in particular it is hugely thought-provoking. -- Karen Morrow Journal of Environmental Law 2011 Wimberley's concept of nested ecology is essential to rethinking the human role within the universe's natural ecological progression. -- Scott Obernesser Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 2011