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020			_a9781860943300
020			_qHardback
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100			_aAlan Marshall _eAuthor
110			_aAlan Marshall
245		4	_aThe Unity of Nature _bWholeness and Disintegration in Ecology and Science _cAlan Marshall
260			_aLondon _bImperial College Press _c2002
300			_a280 pages _c24 cm
520			_a"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."
546			_aEnglish
650			_aEcology
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