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020			_a9780198871613 _q(hardback)
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082			_223 _3GC _a363.7 J23 _b2022
100	1		_aJames, Simon P, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHow nature matters : _bculture, identity, and environmental value / _cSimon P James.
250			_aFirst edition
263			_a2208
264		1	_aNew York, NY, USA : _bOxford University Press, _c2022.
300			_a x, 173 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aCover How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: MEANS AND ENDS 1: Instrumentality and Causation 2: Cultural Ecosystem Services 3: Limitations of the Standard Model PART 2: PARTS AND WHOLES 4: The Meanings of Things 5: Constitution 6: Value and Disvalue 7: Deep Ecology, Essentialism, Narrative, and Relational Value PART 3: WIDER ISSUES 8: Why Nature? 9: Beyond Value for Us 10: Constitution and Rights Conclusion Bibliography Index
520			_a"How Nature Matters presents an original theory of nature's value based on part-whole relations. In so doing, it solves the difficult problem of how we should conceptualise nature's cultural values. The standard practice of framing them in terms of the provision of cultural ecosystem services is shown to be inadequate. When natural things have cultural value, they do not have it as service providers - that is, as means to valuable ends. They have it as parts of valuable and meaningful wholes - as parts of traditions, narratives, and cultural identities. These conclusions are developed and defended through twelve case studies, concerning, amongst other things, the contentious practice of dugong hunting and the religious significance of the site where the Buddha is said to have become enlightened. The author also analyses some cutting-edge policy-related topics, such as the debate surrounding the concept of relational value, and takes a stand on various foundational issues in environmental philosophy, including the question of whether anything on earth qualifies as natural"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_aJames presents an original theory of nature's value based on part-whole relations and solves the difficult problem of how we should conceptualize nature's cultural values. This accessible, engagingly written book will be essential reading for all those who wish to understand the moral and metaphysical dimensions of environmental issues.
521			_aCASG _bMaster of Arts in Philosophy
546			_aText in English
650			_a Environmental sciences _vPhilosophy.
650			_aPhilosophy of nature.
906			_a0 _bibc _corignew _d2 _eepcn _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cBK _h300-399