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The Biophilia hypothesis / edited by Stephen R. Kellert and Edward O. Wilson.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, 1993.Description: 484 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1559631481
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179/.1 20
LOC classification:
  • GF21 .B56 1993
Contents:
Biophilia and the conservation ethic / Edward O. Wilson -- The biological basis for human values of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Biophilia, biophobia, and natural landscapes / Roger S. Ulrich -- Humans, habitats, and aesthetics / Judith H. Heerwagen and Gordon H. Orians -- Dialogue with animals : its nature and culture / Aaron Katcher and Gregory Wilkins -- Searching for the lost arrow : physical and spiritual ecology in the hunter's world / Richard Nelson -- The loss of floral and faunal story : the extinction of experience / Gary Paul Nabhan and Sara St. Antoine -- New Guineans and their natural world / Jared Diamond -- On animal friends / Paul Shepard -- The sacred bee, the filthy pig, and the bat out of hell : animal symbolism as cognitive biophilia / Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence -- God, gaia, and biophilia / Dorion Sagan and Lynn Margulis -- Of life and artifacts / Madhav Gadgil -- Biophilia, selfish genes, shared values / Holmes Rolston III -- Love it or lose it : the coming biophilia revolution / David W. Orr -- Biophilia : unanswered questions / Michael E. Soule.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biophilia and the conservation ethic / Edward O. Wilson -- The biological basis for human values of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Biophilia, biophobia, and natural landscapes / Roger S. Ulrich -- Humans, habitats, and aesthetics / Judith H. Heerwagen and Gordon H. Orians -- Dialogue with animals : its nature and culture / Aaron Katcher and Gregory Wilkins -- Searching for the lost arrow : physical and spiritual ecology in the hunter's world / Richard Nelson -- The loss of floral and faunal story : the extinction of experience / Gary Paul Nabhan and Sara St. Antoine -- New Guineans and their natural world / Jared Diamond -- On animal friends / Paul Shepard -- The sacred bee, the filthy pig, and the bat out of hell : animal symbolism as cognitive biophilia / Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence -- God, gaia, and biophilia / Dorion Sagan and Lynn Margulis -- Of life and artifacts / Madhav Gadgil -- Biophilia, selfish genes, shared values / Holmes Rolston III -- Love it or lose it : the coming biophilia revolution / David W. Orr -- Biophilia : unanswered questions / Michael E. Soule.

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