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Nature and Social Theory

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Are humanity and society separable from nature? Modern accounts emphasised the difference between humanity and nature and set up independent sciences for each domain, but was this separation every properly achieved? Author is Reader in Sociology at University of Tasmania.
Adrian is a prolific researcher, writer and presenter, and is currently editor of SAGE's HSS journal Tourist Studies. He has written numerous articles for a range of journals, from Journal of Sociology and Body and Society to International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Environment and Planning D. He has written three previous book for SAGE: Tourism: An Introduction (2003), Nature and Social Theory (2002) and Animals and Modern Culture (1999). He also presents a television show called The Collectors (ABC, Australia).
Introduction PART ONE Thinking about Nature 1 Disciplinary Beginnings Thinking about Nature 2 The Nature Crisis? A New Anthropology of Nature PART TWO Naturalization Hybridity Embodiment Politicising Nature
`Written with clarity and sophistication, it is not just an original argument about relationships of nature and culture, but also a useful text' - Keith Tester, University of Portsmouth
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