Domination of Nature
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 1994
E-ISBN: 9780773564794
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773511989
Subject： N02 Elements of the Philosophy of Science
Keyword： 普通生物学
Language： ENG
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Description
The last three decades have seen increasing concern over ecology and environmental problems. Scientists, social thinkers, public officials, and the public have been aroused by the recognition that failure to understand the destructive impact of industrial society and advanced technologies on the delicate balance of organic life in the global ecosystem may result in devastating problems for future generations. William Leiss argues that this global predicament must be understood in terms of deeply rooted attitudes towards nature. He traces the origins, development, and social consequences of an idea whose imprint is everywhere in modern thought: the idea of the domination of nature.