Futurenatural: Nature, Science, Culture (futures: New Perspectives For Cultural Analysis)
by Barry Curtis /
1996 / English / PDF
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We are living in an age when 'nature' seems to be on the brink of
extinction yet, at the same time, 'nature' is becoming increasingly
ubiquitous and unstable as a category for representation and
debate.
We are living in an age when 'nature' seems to be on the brink of
extinction yet, at the same time, 'nature' is becoming increasingly
ubiquitous and unstable as a category for representation and
debate.Futurenatural
Futurenatural brings together leading theorists of culture
and science to discuss the concept of 'nature' - its past, present
and future. Contributors discuss the impact on our daily life of
recent developments on biotechnologies, electronic media and
ecological politics. Increasingly, scientific theories and models
have been taken up as cultural metaphors that have material effects
in transforming 'ways of seeing' and 'structures of feeling'.
brings together leading theorists of culture
and science to discuss the concept of 'nature' - its past, present
and future. Contributors discuss the impact on our daily life of
recent developments on biotechnologies, electronic media and
ecological politics. Increasingly, scientific theories and models
have been taken up as cultural metaphors that have material effects
in transforming 'ways of seeing' and 'structures of feeling'.
The book addresses the issue of whether political and cultural
debates about the body and environment can take place without
reference to 'nature' or the 'natural'. This collection considers
how we might 'think' a future developing from emergent scientific
theories and discourses. What cultural forms may be produced when
new knowledges challenge and undermine traditional ways of
conceiving the 'natural'.
The book addresses the issue of whether political and cultural
debates about the body and environment can take place without
reference to 'nature' or the 'natural'. This collection considers
how we might 'think' a future developing from emergent scientific
theories and discourses. What cultural forms may be produced when
new knowledges challenge and undermine traditional ways of
conceiving the 'natural'.