Nature and Madness - Softcover

Paul Shepard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820319805 ISBN 13: 9780820319803

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 1998

Synopsis

Through much of history, humanity's relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence - while enjoying and appreciating the forces of nature, we have also sought to plunder, alter and control them. The author of this study uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis.

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Review:

[Shepard] demands of ecology nothing less than a shift in our whole frame of reference and our attitudes toward life itself.

--New York Times Book Review

Much of what we value in contemporary thought about 'nature and culture' grew up in the seedbed of Shepard's thinking. His writing about child development, physical and cultural anthropology, animal behavior, art and mythology, the history of agriculture, and other subjects is endlessly fascinating.

--Barry Lopez

[In] Shepard's texts, we can once again take a deep breath and remember that life is holy and a wildness of spirit is not only something to be retrieved and honored but the very essence of our humanity.

--Terry Tempest Williams

This is an extraordinary book. Buy it, read it, and begin to remember what it means to be a human animal.

--Bloomsbury Review

About the Author:

Paul Shepard (1925-1996) was Avery Professor of Natural Philosophy and Human Ecology at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He is the author of twelve books, a number of which are available from the University of Georgia Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0820319805
• ISBN 13: 9780820319803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178