How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value

by Simon P. James

HOW NATURE MATTERS presents an original theory of nature's value based on part--Lwhole relations. James argues that when natural things have cultural value, they do not always have it as means to valuable ends. In many cases, they have value as parts of valuable wholes -- as parts of traditions, for instance, or cultural identities.

James develops his theory by investigating twelve real-world cases, ranging from the veneration of sacred trees...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198871619
• ISBN13: 9780198871613
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"