Between Nature and Culture
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
978-1-78661-076-8 (ISBN)
Within philosophy, a new interest in aesthetics beyond the arts has encouraged the rapid growth of environmental aesthetics. Within this literature, however, less attention has been given to the spaces and places that emerge from various nature-culture interactions. This has meant the relative neglect of types of environments to which the majority of people have access, and interact with, in a sustained manner. In this respect, these are the environments in which many of us understand and value nature. Through a greater understanding of how humans interact with these environments and the types of relationships that emerge through this interaction, we address seek to address this gap.
Between Nature and Culture provides a systematic, philosophical account of the main issues and problems that pertain to the aesthetics of modified environments, as well as new insights concerning the generation and appreciation of landscapes and environments that fall between (non-human) nature and (human) culture, including gardens, agricultural and ecologically restored landscapes, and land and ecological art works.
Emily Brady is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University. She works in the areas of aesthetics and philosophy of art, environmental ethics, environmental humanities, and animal studies. She has published widely in aesthetics and environmental philosophy, and her most recent book is The Sublime in Modern Philosophy: Aesthetics, Ethics and Nature (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Dr Isis Brook is Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer at Crossfields Institute International. She has held philosophy lectureships at Lancaster University, where she also served as a Faculty Teaching Dean, and the University of Central Lancashire. Her research and publications range across aesthetics, environmental ethics, and phenomenology. She is especially interested in responses to gardens and landscapes, and how these responses can be made more sensitive and ultimately shape who we are. Dr Jonathan Prior is Lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University. His research and publications take an interdisciplinary approach, spanning environmental philosophy, sound studies, and landscape research. He is interested in the relationship between environmental values and the production of environmental policies, as a means to understand what motivates and underpins different ways of conceptualising the more-than-human world when humans seek to implement conservation, ecological restoration, or environmental management strategies.
Acknowledgements / List of Figures / 1. Introduction: Environmental Aesthetics Between Nature and Culture/ 2. Gardens I: The Picturesque and Engagement with Nature / 3. Gardens II: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Topiary / 4. Agricultural Landscapes / 5. Environmental, Land, and Ecological Art / 6. Ecological Restoration / 7. Conclusion: Aesthetics and Ethics Between Nature and Culture / Bibliography / Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Global Aesthetic Research |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 b/w illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 151 x 220 mm |
| Gewicht | 222 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78661-076-0 / 1786610760 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78661-076-8 / 9781786610768 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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