Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0415644259
- ISBN-13
- 9780415644259
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 283
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Carolyn Merchant
Description
This revised edition of Carolyn's Merchant's classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword. Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth.
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