The Heart of the Wild

Name: The Heart of the Wild
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SKU: 9780691228624
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Essays on Nature, Conservation, and the Human Future

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Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human world. The Heart of the Wild brings together some of today's leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to offer a thought-provoking meditation on the urgency of learning about and experiencing our wild... Read More

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The Heart of the Wild

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Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human world.

Description

Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human world.

The Heart of the Wild brings together some of today's leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to offer a thought-provoking meditation on the urgency of learning about and experiencing our wild places in an age of rapidly expanding human impacts.

These engaging essays present nuanced and often surprising perspectives on the meaning and value of 'wildness' amid the realities of the Anthropocene. They consider the trends and forces—from the cultural and conceptual to the ecological and technological—that are transforming our relationship with the natural world and sometimes seem only to be pulling us farther away from wild places and species with each passing day. The contributors make impassioned defences of naturalism, natural history, and nature education in helping us to rediscover a love for the wild at a time when our connections with it have frayed or been lost altogether.

Charting a new path forward in an era of ecological uncertainty, The Heart of the Wild reframes our understanding of nature and our responsibility to learn from and sustain it as the human footprint sinks ever deeper into the landscapes around us.

With contributions by Bill Adams, Joel Berger, Susan Clayton, Eileen Crist, Martha L. Crump, Thomas Lowe Fleischner, Harry W. Greene, Hal Herzog, Jonathan B. Losos, Emma Marris, Ben A. Minteer, Kathleen Dean Moore, Gary Paul Nabhan, Peter H. Raven, Christopher J. Schell, Richard Shine, and Kyle Whyte.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691228624

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 August 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 26 b/w illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Ben A. Minteer
Edited by Jonathan B. Losos
Contributions by Bill Adams
Contributions by Joel Berger
Contributions by Susan Clayton
Contributions by Eileen Crist
Contributions by Martha L. Crump
Contributions by Thomas Lowe Fleischner
Contributions by Harry W. Greene
Edited by Jonathan B. Losos Losos

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 280

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Ben A. Minteer is professor of environmental ethics and conservation at Arizona State University. His books include A Wilder Kingdom: Rethinking Nature in Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and Beyond.

Jonathan B. Losos is the William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and director of the Living Earth Collaborative. His books include How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society (Princeton).

Australian contributor: Richard Shine is a Professor in Biology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His research aims to develop new approaches to conservation of ectothermic organisms, based on understanding their fundamental ecology. Author of the book Cane Toad War, Shine has published more than 1,000 scientific papers and has won many awards for his research, including the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award and Robert Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award.