Kay Milton considers why some people in Western societies grow up to be nature lovers, while others seem indifferent or intent on destroying these things. She draws on ideas from anthropology, psychology and philosophy.
Located in a wide spectrum of current research and practice this book offers an original perspective on what is probably the best-known issue of the late twentieth century.
Kay Milton considers why some people in Western societies grow up to be nature lovers, while others seem indifferent or intent on destroying these things. She draws on ideas from anthropology, psychology and philosophy.
Taking an anthroplogical approach, this work examines the relationship between human culture and human ecology. It considers how a cultural approach to the study of environmental issues differs from the established approaches to these issues made in social science.
Located in a wide spectrum of current research and practice this book offers an original perspective on what is probably the best-known issue of the late twentieth century.
This book shows how an understanding of culture can throw light on the way environmental issues are percieved and interpreted, both by local communities and within the global arena.