The notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts, values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction, and with the procedures aimed at preserving them. Usually animated by a sense of urgency and citizenship, identifying endangered entities involves evaluating an impending threat and opens the way for preservation strategies. Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture looks at some of the fundamental ways in which this process involves science, but also more than science: not only data and knowledge and institutions, but also affects and values. Focusing on an "endangerment sensibility," it encapsulates tensions between the normative and the utilitarian, the natural and the cultural. The chapters situate that specifically modern sensibility in historical perspective, and examine central aspects of its recent and present forms.This timely volume offers the most cutting-edge insights into the Environmental Humanities for researchers working in Environmental Studies, History, Anthropology, Sociology and Science and Technology Studies.
| ISBN: | 9781138743564 |
| Publication date: | 16th February 2017 |
| Author: | Fernando Vidal |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Environmental Humanities |
| Genres: |
Agribusiness and primary industries Botany and plant sciences Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc Environmental science, engineering and technology Human geography History Society and culture: general Sociology Climate change Social and cultural anthropology |
The notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts, values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction, and with the procedures aimed at preserving them. Usually animated by a sense of urgency and citizenship, identifying endangered entities involves evaluating an impending threat and opens the way for preservation strategies. Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture looks at some of the fundamental ways in which this process involves science, but also more than science: not only data and knowledge and institutions, but also affects and values. Focusing on an "endangerment sensibility," it encapsulates tensions between the normative and the utilitarian, the natural and the cultural. The chapters situate that specifically modern sensibility in historical perspective, and examine central aspects of its recent and present forms.This timely volume offers the most cutting-edge insights into the Environmental Humanities for researchers working in Environmental Studies, History, Anthropology, Sociology and Science and Technology Studies.
Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture features in the following genres: Agribusiness and primary industries, Botany and plant sciences, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Human geography, History, Society and culture: general, Sociology, Climate change, Social and cultural anthropology
Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture is available in Paperback, Hardback
Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture was written by Fernando Vidal and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture has 264 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Environmental Humanities series
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