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- catalog abstract ""Humanity's success in manipulating nature destabilizes the natural support system of society on a planetary scale and, in turn, destabilizes all of society's institutions. Murphy argues that society can now be understood only in terms of the interaction between social action and the processes of nature because the manipulation of nature has become so central to modern society. The growing awareness that social constructions unleash dynamic processes of nature - processes beyond human control that bear on social action - has the potential of radically transforming sociology. Sociology and Nature proposes the reconstruction of sociology in which nature does matter, developing a novel sociological approach that situates social action in its natural context."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10495753.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""Humanity's success in manipulating nature destabilizes the natural support system of society on a planetary scale and, in turn, destabilizes all of society's institutions. Murphy argues that society can now be understood only in terms of the interaction between social action and the processes of nature because the manipulation of nature has become so central to modern society. The growing awareness that social constructions unleash dynamic processes of nature - processes beyond human control that bear on social action - has the potential of radically transforming sociology. Sociology and Nature proposes the reconstruction of sociology in which nature does matter, developing a novel sociological approach that situates social action in its natural context."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Sociology as if Nature Did Not Matter: An Ecological Critique -- 2. The Sociological Construction of Science Without Nature -- 3. Sociological Misunderstandings Concerning Nature -- 4. Weaknesses of Sociological Analyses of the Context of Social Action -- 5. Toward the Analysis of Social Action in Its Context -- 6. Material Risks -- 7. Social Risks Resulting from the Manipulation of Nature -- 8. Political Economy -- 9. Society and Culture -- 10. Victims of the Monopolization of the Natural Environment -- 11. Parallels with Other Theories -- 12. Posthumanism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-312) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 321 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Sociology and nature.".
- catalog identifier "0813328659 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813328667 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sociology and nature.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Sociology and nature.".
- catalog subject "304.2 21".
- catalog subject "Environmentalism.".
- catalog subject "HM206 .M95 1997".
- catalog subject "Human ecology.".
- catalog subject "Sociology Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Sociology as if Nature Did Not Matter: An Ecological Critique -- 2. The Sociological Construction of Science Without Nature -- 3. Sociological Misunderstandings Concerning Nature -- 4. Weaknesses of Sociological Analyses of the Context of Social Action -- 5. Toward the Analysis of Social Action in Its Context -- 6. Material Risks -- 7. Social Risks Resulting from the Manipulation of Nature -- 8. Political Economy -- 9. Society and Culture -- 10. Victims of the Monopolization of the Natural Environment -- 11. Parallels with Other Theories -- 12. Posthumanism.".
- catalog title "Sociology and nature : social action in context / Raymond Murphy.".
- catalog type "text".