Description: Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence; we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways to repair broken bonds with the earth.
Brief description: PAUL SHEPARD (1925-1996) was Avery Professor of Natural Philosophy and Human Ecology at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He is the author of twelve books, a number of which are available from the University of Georgia Press.
Review Quotes:
[Shepard] demands of ecology nothing less than a shift in our whole frame of reference and our attitudes toward life itself.
--New York Times Book Review