In a Dark Wood: The Fight Over Forests and the Myths of NatureTransaction Publishers - 535 páginas In a Dark Wood presents a history of debates among ecologists over what constitutes good forestry, and a critique of the ecological reasoning behind contemporary strategies of preservation, including the Endangered Species Act. Chase argues that these strategies, in many instances adopted for political, rather than scientific reasons, fail to promote biological diversity and may actually harm more creatures than they help. At the same time, Chase offers examples of conservation strategies that work, but which are deemed politically incorrect and ignored. In a Dark Wood provides the most thoughtful and complete account yet written of radical environmentalism. And it challenges the fundamentalâ but largely unexaminedâ assumptions of preservationism, such as those concerning whether there is a "balance of nature," whether all branches of ecology are really science, and whether ecosystems exist. In his new introduction, Chase evaluates the response to his book and reports on recent developments in environmental science, policy, and politics. In a Dark Wood was judged by a recent national poll to be one of the one hundred best nonfiction books written in the English language during the twentieth century. A smashing good read, this book will be of interest to environmentalists, ecologists, philosophers, biologists, and bio-ethicists, and anyone concerned about ecological issues. |
Contenido
1959 | |
1975 | |
Prologue xxxiii | |
The Search for Nature I | |
WHAT IS NATURE? 19601972 | |
Cork Boot Fever 13 | |
Mr Redwood 25 | |
The Eco Raiders 40 | |
The Birth of Biocentrism 94 | |
The Owl Shrieked 131 | |
THE BIOCENTRIC REVOLUTION 19821990 | |
Wall Street Forestry 203 | |
Occurrence at All Species Grove | |
The Paradigm Shift 244 | |
X | |
Forests Forever | |
Rebels with a Cause 52 | |
Life in the Peace Zone 67 | |
PART II | |
NATURE IS AN ANCIENT FOREST 19731981 | |
Building an Ark 79 | |
A Law for All Seasons | |
A New Metaphor for Nature | |
308 | |
Home Sweet Home 370 | |
The Forest Summit 383 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
In a Dark Wood: A Critical History of the Fight Over Forests Alston Chase Vista previa limitada - 2017 |
In a Dark Wood: The Fight Over Forests & the Myths of Nature Alston Chase Sin vista previa disponible - 1995 |