{"product_id":"the-social-creation-of-nature-9780801845482","title":"The Social Creation of Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Neil Evernden | Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Natural Resources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne reason for our failure to \"save the earth,\" argues Neil Evernden, is our disagreement about what \"nature\" really is--how it works, what constitutes a risk to it, and even whether we ourselves are part of it. Nature is as much a social entity as a physical one. In addition to the physical resources to be harnessed and transformed, it consists of a domain of norms that may be called upon in defense of certain social ideals. In exploring the consequences of conventional understandings of nature, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Creation of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e also seeks a way around the limitations of a socially created nature in order to defend what is actually imperiled--\"wildness,\" in which, Thoreau wrote, lies hope for \"the preservation of the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615083741335,"sku":"9780801845482","price":2887.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801845482.webp?v=1775097921","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-social-creation-of-nature-9780801845482","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}