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How nature speaks : the dynamics of the human ecological condition

A collection of essays focusing on the implications of the sciences of complexity for environmental politics and practice
Print Book, English, 2006
Duke University Press, Durham, 2006
Aufsatzsammlung
viii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780822337256, 9780822336969, 0822337258, 0822336960
61881083
Introduction: What to say about nature's "speech" / Yrjö Haila and Chuck Dyke
Speaking of nature / Susan Oyama
Natural speech : a hoary story / Chuck Dyke
Gardens, climate changes, and cultures : an exploration into the historical nature of environmental problems / Ville Löhde
Participative thinking : "seeing the face" and "hearing the voice" of nature / John Shotter
Rethinking intentionality : a bourdieuian perspective / Iordanis Marcoulatos
Fluids on the move : an analogical account of environmental mobilization / Lasse Peltonen
Fight over the face of Tampere : a sneaking transformation of a local political field / Markus Laine
Stand/ardization and entrainment in forest management / Ari Jokinen
Calculating the futures : stability and change in a local energy production system / Taru Peltola
Exploring themes about social agency through interpretation of diagrams of nature and society / Peter Taylor
Who speaks for nature? / John O'Neill
Appendix: Primer: On thinking dynamically about the human ecological condition / Chuck Dyke