Nature's edge : boundary explorations in ecological theory and practice / edited by Charles S. Brown and Ted Toadvine.
| Other author | Brown, Charles S., 1950- |
| Other author | Toadvine, Ted, 1968- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xvi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics. ^A515215 |
| Contents | An introduction to the problem of boundaries in ecological theory and practice / Charles S. Brown -- The human/nature divide and the nature of boundarie -- Boundaries and Darwin : bridging the great divide / Max Oelschlaeger -- Lamarck redux: temporal scale as the key to the boundary between the human and natural worlds / J. Baird Callicott -- The ethical boundaries of animal biotechnology : Descartes, Spinoza, and Darwin / Strachan Donnelley -- Cutting nature at the seams : beyond species boundaries in a world of diversity / Jon Jensen -- Respect for experience as a way into the problem of moral boundaries / Charles S. Brown -- Boundarylessness : introducing a systems heuristic for conceptualizing complexity / Beth Dempster -- Community, values, and sustainability -- Boundaries on the edge / Irene J. Klaver -- Remapping land use : remote sensing, institutional approaches, and landscape boundaries / Firooza Pavri -- Boundaries, communities, and politics / Anna L. Peterson -- The moral economy and politics of water in the arid American west / T. Clay Arnold -- The need for a taxonomy of boundaries / Wes Jackson and Jerry Glover -- How to do things with food : a plea for multiple ontologies / Bruce Hirsch -- Culture and cultivation : prolegomena to a philosophy of agriculture / Ted Toadvine. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006023731 |
| ISBN | 0791471217 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780791471210 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0791471225 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780791471227 (pbk. : alk. paper) |