Nature's Edge: Boundary Explorations in Ecological Theory and Practice (Suny Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics.)

Nature's Edge brings together leading environmental thinkers from the natural sciences, geography, political science, religion, and philosophy to explore the complex facets of boundary formation and negotiation at the heart of our environmental problems. The contributors provide a fresh look at how our lives depend on the lines drawn and ask how those lines must be reinscribed, blurred, or even erased to prepare for a sustainable future. Resolving environmental problems calls for the negotiation of multiple, intersecting boundaries—natural, social, political, geographical, and ethical. From the differentiation of species to the formation of communities and moral values, environmental theorists are constantly confronted with a palimpsest of thresholds and mappings: Can nature and culture be divided? Are natural divisions discovered or created? How do political borders and moral economies shape community-building and social transformation? An Introduction To The Problem Of Boundaries In Ecological Theory And Practice / Charles S. Brown -- The Human/nature Divide And The Nature Of Boundarie -- Boundaries And Darwin : Bridging The Great Divide / Max Oelschlaeger -- Lamarck Redux: Temporal Scale As The Key To The Boundary Between The Human And Natural Worlds / J. Baird Callicott -- The Ethical Boundaries Of Animal Biotechnology : Descartes, Spinoza, And Darwin / Strachan Donnelley -- Cutting Nature At The Seams : Beyond Species Boundaries In A World Of Diversity / Jon Jensen -- Respect For Experience As A Way Into The Problem Of Moral Boundaries / Charles S. Brown -- Boundarylessness : Introducing A Systems Heuristic For Conceptualizing Complexity / Beth Dempster -- Community, Values, And Sustainability -- Boundaries On The Edge / Irene J. Klaver -- Remapping Land Use : Remote Sensing, Institutional Approaches, And Landscape Boundaries / Firooza Pavri -- Boundaries, Communities, And Politics / Anna L. Peterson -- The Moral Economy And Politics Of Water In The Arid American West / T. Clay Arnold -- The Need For A Taxonomy Of Boundaries / Wes Jackson And Jerry Glover -- How To Do Things With Food : A Plea For Multiple Ontologies / Bruce Hirsch -- Culture And Cultivation : Prolegomena To A Philosophy Of Agriculture / Ted Toadvine. Edited By Charles S. Brown And Ted Toadvine. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Nature’s Edge Contents Acknowledgments An Introduction to the Problem of Boundaries in Ecological Theory and Practice Part I. The Human/Nature Divide and the Nature of Boundaries 1. Boundaries and Darwin: Bridging the Great Divide 2. Lamarck Redux: Temporal Scale as the Key to the Boundary Between the Human and Natural Worlds 3. The Ethical Boundaries of Animal Biotechnology: Descartes, Spinoza,and Darwin 4. Cutting Nature at the Seams: Beyond Species Boundaries in a World of Diversity 5. Respect for Experience as a Way Into the Problem of Moral Boundaries 6. Boundarylessness: Introducing a Systems Heuristic for Conceptualizing Complexity Part II. Community, Values,and Sustainability 7. Boundaries on the Edge 8. Remapping Land Use: Remote Sensing,Institutional Approaches, and Landscape Boundaries 9. Boundaries, Communities,and Politics 10. The Moral Economy and Politics of Water in the Arid American West 11. The Need for a Taxonomy of Boundaries 12. How to do Things with Food:a Plea for Multiple Ontologies 13. Culture and Cultivation: Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Agriculture Contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z