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NATURE IN MODERNITY - STEPHEN DUGUID GEBUNDEN

Nature in Modernity: Servant  Citizen  Queen or Comrade explores the origins and implications
of the mastery of nature agenda within Western culture and argues that there is a long-standing
parallel «shadow» tradition grounded instead in mutuality  respect and reciprocity. This is
explored in a series of chapters that focus on our hunter-gatherer heritage  the shift to a
more sedentary and agricultural life and the subsequent emergence of mastery of self and nature
as the dominant cultural objective. The impact of this mastery agenda on the natural
environment is explored and a case made that our current ecological crisis has its origins in
this tradition of mastery. A counter tradition is examined  identifying a range of cultural
tools grounded in alternative traditions  tools that can be used to create a culture of care 
mutuality and reciprocity in which it will be logical to welcome nature in all its complexity
as a fellow citizen.

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