TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marshall,Alan
TI  - The unity of nature: wholeness and disintegration in ecology and science 
SN  - 1860949541
AV  - QH540.5 .M37 2002eb
U1  - 577.01 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - London
PB  - Imperial College Press
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Concord
KW  - Philosophy of nature
KW  - Integration (Theory of knowledge)
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Environmental Science (see also Chemistry
KW  - Environmental)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Ecosystems & Habitats
KW  - Wilderness
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - fast
KW  - Ecologie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Eenheid
KW  - Filosofische aspecten
KW  - Écologie
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Concorde
KW  - Philosophie de la nature
KW  - Intégration (Théorie de la connaissance)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- pt. A. It's all an environmentalist plot! ch. 1. Unity as an environmental idea: an introduction to the unity of nature in contemporary thought -- pt. B. It's all a bourgeois plot! ch. 2. Falling into wholes: ecological fascism -- ch. 3. Gaia: the technocentric embodiment of the unity of nature? -- ch. 4. Natural conservatism: the unity of nature and social systems -- ch. 5. Uniting the ecosystem with the economy -- pt. C. It's all a postmodern plot(lessness)! ch. 6. What is this thing called postmodern science? ch. 7. Mechanicism vs organicism: a false dichotomy? ch. 8. An (other) postmodern ecology -- Summary
N2  - The idea behind The Unity of Nature is a strong theoretical theme in a number of scientific and environmental fields from ecosystems ecology, through quantum physics to environmental philosophy and ecopolitics giving rise to an inspiring, optimistic, socially-responsive and environment-friendly worldview. The fields of science and environmentalism have inherited this theme of natural unity through an intellectual lineage that encompasses many non-scientific and non-environmental fields such as sociology, theology and political philosophy. Many of these fields have used natural unity in a way which is in stark opposition to the metaphysical and political desires of those who promulgate the unity of nature for progressive social change. This book discusses how this has transpired and examines the social and intellectual processes that have been at work. These include the social construction of the organicism versus mechanicism debate in ecology, the intellectual links between neo-classical economic principles and the 'new sciences', the techno-scientific background of Gaia theory, and the social conservatism of ecological functionalism
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