Postmodern social construction of nature
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Whereas traditional
Criticism
Critics argue that, by capturing the nonhuman world within its own conceptual domain, postmodern exerts precisely the urge toward mastery that it criticizes in modernity. Thus, postmodern cultural criticism deepens the modernist urge toward mastery by eliminating the ontological weight of the nonhuman world. "What else could it mean to assert that there is no such thing as nature?".[3] The issue becomes an existentialist query about whether nature can exist in a humanist critique, and whether we can discern the "others'" views in relation to our actions on their behalf. This is referred to as the Wapner Paradox.
See also
David Demeritt's typology of the social construction of nature looks at the idea from several standpoints. He seeks to clarify the meaning through exploring the extent of the different uses applied to the term.[4][5]
Other examinations of the social construction of Nature, from a postmodern perspective, include:
- Marshall, A, (2002) "The Unity of Nature: Wholeness and Disintegration in Ecology and Science", Imperial College Press / World Scientific: London / Singapore.
- Soule. ME, et al., eds, (1995) Reinventing Nature: Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction, Island Press.
- White, DR. (1997) Postmodern Ecologies, SUNY Press.
References
- ISBN 978-1-4384-2327-2.
- S2CID 57568407.
- ^ "Leftist Criticism of Nature". Dissent Magazine. Fall 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
- S2CID 143479948. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ Demeritt, David (2007). "David Demeritt's lecture slides on What is the 'social construction of nature'?". Retrieved 2010-02-10.