Environmental Attitudes Through Time

• Main Author: Berry, R.J. Robert James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018
• Subjects: Human ecology > History.; Nature > Effect of human beings on > History
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• Physical Description: xi, 267 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781107679481

Our attitudes to our environment are widely and often acrimoniously discussed, commonly misunderstood, and will shape our future. We cannot assume that we behave as newly minted beings in a pristine garden nor as pre-programmed automata incapable of rational responsibility. Professor Berry has studied nature-nurture interactions for many years, and also been involved with many national and international decision making bodies which have influenced our environmental attitudes. He is therefore well-placed to describe what has moulded our present attitudes towards the environment. This book presents data and concepts from a range of disciplines - genetic, anthropological, social, historical and theological - to help us understand how we have responded in the past and how this influences our future. Beginning with a historical review and moving forwards to current conditions, readers will reach the end of this volume more capable and better prepared to make decisions which affect our communities and posterity.