Hello John - here is what you ask for. It is from the blurb on the back cover
:-
" This book explores the changing significance of nature in daily life. It
argues that there is no singular "nature" out there waiting to be saved.
Rather, the authors provide a novel and compelling account of multiple
"natures". Nature is shown as irreducibly contested and embedded in highly
diverse and ambivilent social practices "
I hope that helps.
In terms of OE writing today the work of Andrew Brookes provides one good
example of this kind of position and if I have understoof the work of Andrew
well enough he looks at this multiple arena of "natures" in terms of both an
interpretation as culture and a performative process of action.
In terms of environmental work this whole set of themes ( this "circulation"
as Bruno Latour might say) might be worked in such a way as to involve a quite
different research practice.
best wishes
steve bowles
John Quay wrote:
> Hi Steve
>
> Can you give us a brief report on the book - e.g. the information on the
> back cover or the contents list or something like that? I would find it
> useful.
>
> Thanks
> John Quay
>
> Steve Bowles wrote:
>
> > Hello everybody ( I write to two lists at the same time as you see).
> >
> > I wonder if there are enough people to be interested in discussing
> > on-line the book " Contested Natures" that has recently been published
> > by sage and written by Phil Macnaghten and John Urry (1998).
> >
> > If there are enough people interested we might try and organise a
> > reasonable debate and helpful dialogue.
> >
> > For example we might take one chapter at a time and discuss it on-line
> > as it comes. By the way there are 8 chapters.
> >
> > I am not here trying to make a package but I do suggest that we might
> > cretae some kind of communication built around one book. A book, that in
> > my mind, helps provide a most serious and adventurous set of potentials
> > for our work in general.
> >
> > My own preference is for this discussion ( if it happens) to be open and
> > public.
> >
> > The reason for suggesting that this book be discussed chapter by chapter
> > is a reason attached to a structure of communication.
> >
> > Of course this can be done through a small group as well in more private
> > terms. That is OK but, I think, a shame.
> >
> > best wishes
> > steve bowles
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