Ecology without Nature Morton Timothy
Ecology without Nature Morton Timothy In Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. The problem is a symptom…
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Ecology without Nature Morton Timothy
In Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. The problem is a symptom of the ecological catastrophe in which we are living. Ecological writers propose a new worldview, but their very zeal to preserve the natural world leads them away from the "nature" they revere.
Ranging widely in eighteenth-century through contemporary philosophy, culture, and history, he explores the value of art in imagining environmental projects for the future. Morton sets out a seeming paradox: to have a properly ecological view, we must relinquish the idea of nature once and for all.Ecology without Nature investigates our ecological assumptions in a way that is provocative and deeply engaging. Morton develops a fresh vocabulary for reading "environmentality" in artistic form as well as content, and