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Can I read Against Nature : The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory on EtoBox?
Against Nature : The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory by Steven Vogel is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Against Nature : The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory about?
Argues that the tradition of critical theory has had significant problems dealing with the concept of nature and that their solutions require taking seriously the idea of nature as socially constructed.Against Nature examines the history of the concept of nature in the tradition of Critical Theory, with chapters on Lukacs, Horkheimer and Adorno, Marcuse, and Habermas. It argues that the tradition has been marked by significant difficulties with respect to that concept; that these problems are relevant to contemporary environmental philosophy as well; and that a solution to them requires taking seriously--and literally--the idea of nature as socially constructed.Steven Vogel is Professor of Philosophy at Denison University.
Who reads Against Nature : The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Steven Vogel
- Publisher
- State University Of New York Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780791430460
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Nature
- Updated
- 2026-03-24