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PublisherIsland Press

ISBN-101559631473

ISBN-139781559631471

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Edition2

Book TitleBiophilia Hypothesis

Number of Pages492 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecology

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GenreNature, Science

AuthorCecilia Mccarthy

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9 in

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Table Of ContentPrelude: ""A Siamese Connexion with a Plurality of Other Mortals""Introduction PART I. Clarifying the ConceptChapter 1. Biophilia and the Conservation EthicChapter 2. The Biological Basis for Human Values of Nature PART II. Affect and AestheticsChapter 3. Biophilia, Biophobia, and Natural LandscapesChapter 4. Humans, Habitats, and AestheticsChapter 5. Dialogue with Animals: Its Nature and Culture PART III. CultureChapter 6. Searching for the Lost Arrow: Physical and Spiritual Ecology in the Hunter's WorldChapter 7. The Loss of Floral and Faunal Story: The Extinction of ExperienceChapter 8. New Guineans and Their Natural World PART IV. SymbolismChapter 9. On Animal FriendsChapter 10. The Sacred Bee, the Filthy Pig, and the Bat Out of Hell: Animal Symbolism as Cognitive Biophilia PART V. EvolutionChapter 11. God, Gaia, and BiophiliaChapter 12. Of Life and Artifacts PART VI. Ethics and Political ActionChapter 13. Biophilia, Selfish Genes, Shared ValuesChapter 14. Love It or Lose It: The Coming Biophilia RevolutionChapter 15. Biophilia: Unanswered Questions CodaIndex

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Synopsis"Biophilia" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia , he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our development as individuals and as a species. That idea has caught the imagination of diverse thinkers. The Biophilia Hypothesis brings together the views of some of the most creative scientists of our time, each attempting to amplify and refine the concept of biophilia. The variety of perspectives -- psychological, biological, cultural, symbolic, and aesthetic -- frame the theoretical issues by presenting empirical evidence that supports or refutes the hypothesis. Numerous examples illustrate the idea that biophilia and its converse, biophobia, have a genetic component: fear, and even full-blown phobias of snakes and spiders are quick to develop with very little negative reinforcement, while more threatening modern artifacts -- knives, guns, automobiles -- rarely elicit such a response people find trees that are climbable and have a broad, umbrella-like canopy more attractive than trees without these characteristics people would rather look at water, green vegetation, or flowers than built structures of glass and concrete The biophilia hypothesis, if substantiated, provides a powerful argument for the conservation of biological diversity. More important, it implies serious consequences for our well-being as society becomes further estranged from the natural world. Relentless environmental destruction could have a significant impact on our quality of life, not just materially but psychologically and even spiritually., ""Biophilia"" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia, he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our development as individuals and as a species. That idea has ......, ""Biophilia"" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia, he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our development as individuals and as a species. That idea has caught the imagination of diverse thinkers.The Biophilia Hypothesis brings together the views of some of the most creative scientists of our time, each attempting to amplify and refine the concept of biophilia. The variety of perspectives -- psychological, biological, cultural, symbolic, and aesthetic -- frame the theoretical issues by presenting empirical evidence that supports or refutes the hypothesis. Numerous examples illustrate the idea that biophilia and its converse, biophobia, have a genetic component: fear, and even full-blown phobias of snakes and spiders are quick to develop with very little negative reinforcement, while more threatening modern artifacts -- knives, guns, automobiles -- rarely elicit such a response people find trees that are climbable and have a broad, umbrella-like canopy more attractive than trees without these characteristics people would rather look at water, green vegetation, or flowers than built structures of glass and concrete The biophilia hypothesis, if substantiated, provides a powerful argument for the conservation of biological diversity. More important, it implies serious consequences for our well-being as society becomes further estranged from the natural world. Relentless environmental destruction could have a significant impact on our quality of life, not just materially but psychologically and even spiritually.