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Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives by Philippe Descola and Gisli Palsson, eds.

Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives by Philippe Descola and Gisli Palsson, eds. 180 BOOK REVIEW such as the possibility of erasing nature-culture dual- livelihood from local ecosystems” (50). For Horn- ism, the perceptual categories that might replace such borg, “knowledge” is not a grasping of some objective dualism, moral attitudes towards non-humans, and reality “out there,” but a negotiated relationship with understandings of human practices ranging from hunt- nature, which reconstructs nature in the process of ing to biotechnology. What holds the essays together is representing it. Like Ingold, he contends that subjec- their common interest in ways of constructing nature tivity is a constituent component of ecosystems, both (and society) that do not correspond to established shaping and shaped in the course of people’s interac- Western notions about nature and culture, animal and tions with and knowledge of their surroundings. In this human, matter and spirit, or body and mind. light, a clear-cut distinction between nature and society The chapters in the first part, “Contested domains makes no sense. and boundaries,” all reject traditional dualism and Along similar lines, Gisli Palsson’s chapter, argue for more integrative models of understanding “Human-environmental relations: orientalism, pater- humans, “nature,” and the interactions between them. nalism, and communalism,” argues for the integration Tim Ingold’s essay http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives by Philippe Descola and Gisli Palsson, eds.

Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 15 (2) – Oct 13, 2004

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
eISSN
1572-8366
DOI
10.1023/A:1007477331846
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180 BOOK REVIEW such as the possibility of erasing nature-culture dual- livelihood from local ecosystems” (50). For Horn- ism, the perceptual categories that might replace such borg, “knowledge” is not a grasping of some objective dualism, moral attitudes towards non-humans, and reality “out there,” but a negotiated relationship with understandings of human practices ranging from hunt- nature, which reconstructs nature in the process of ing to biotechnology. What holds the essays together is representing it. Like Ingold, he contends that subjec- their common interest in ways of constructing nature tivity is a constituent component of ecosystems, both (and society) that do not correspond to established shaping and shaped in the course of people’s interac- Western notions about nature and culture, animal and tions with and knowledge of their surroundings. In this human, matter and spirit, or body and mind. light, a clear-cut distinction between nature and society The chapters in the first part, “Contested domains makes no sense. and boundaries,” all reject traditional dualism and Along similar lines, Gisli Palsson’s chapter, argue for more integrative models of understanding “Human-environmental relations: orientalism, pater- humans, “nature,” and the interactions between them. nalism, and communalism,” argues for the integration Tim Ingold’s essay

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Agriculture and Human ValuesSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 13, 2004

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