"The Cunning of Unreason and Nature's Revolt: Max Horkheimer and William Leiss on the Domination of Nature"
The ‘domination of nature’ is a concept now fraught with negative connotations; however, it was not always thus.
The ‘domination of nature’ is a concept now fraught with negative connotations; however, it was not always thus.
The article explores the possibilities of a new ethic that incorporates the phenomenon of environmental crisis and aims at changing people’s outlooks and behaviour.
Andrew Vincent examines the economic evaluation of the environment, concluding it is at odds with beliefs based upon objective and intrinsic values.
Sheila Jasanoff reflects on the role of science in promoting convergent perceptions of risk across disparate political cultures.
Maurie J. Cohen undertakes a comparative analysis of how national context has differently shaped science as a public epistemology.
What does the possibility of an early end to human existence as part of a more general biotic extinction mean for the latter day writing of history?
This article compares the thoughts of Darwin and Wallace on human evolution and the relations between humans and the rest of nature.