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The Ecology of Eden is no ordinary book; it is, in fact, something of a masterwork Part Three chases this inquiry across the whole length of Western history and a good stretch of our mental landscape, from pastoral verse to housing developments and from gardens to th. .

The Ecology of Eden is no ordinary book; it is, in fact, something of a masterwork. Part Three chases this inquiry across the whole length of Western history and a good stretch of our mental landscape, from pastoral verse to housing developments and from gardens to the Gaia hypothesis. Part Four, finally, applies the lessons of this journey to the problems of the present hour. He is not in a hurry and he favors figurative prose.

The Ecology of Eden book. A mountain peak, a rolling pasture, a boulevard alive with sound and light-each of us carries, deep inside, a dream of paradise. In this magisterial contribution to the literature of ecology and the environment, our nostalgia for the myth of paradise-the primeval, self-sufficient, nurturing garden where mankind was bor-The "Dazzling. -The Washington Post.

-The Washington Post. In this magisterial contribution to the literature of ecology and the environment, our nostalgia for the myth of paradise-the primeval, self-sufficient, nurturing garden where mankind was born-is the starting point of a brilliant inquiry into what our place in Nature has been and ought to be.

The Ecology of Eden is at once an inquiry into this dream and a startling new vision of humankind's role in nature

The Ecology of Eden is at once an inquiry into this dream and a startling new vision of humankind's role in nature. Images of paradise arise from the down-to-earth facts of our lives-of our relationship with land, water, air, other creatures, and other people. In turn, these images of paradise reshape our lives. Evan Eisenberg's first book, The Recording Angel, a pathbreaking study of the cultural impact of recorded music, has been translated into French, German, and Italian. His writings on nature, culture, and technology have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Village Voice, CoEvolution Quarterly, and other periodicals.

The Ecology of Eden: An Inquiry into the Dream of Paradise and a Hew Vision of Our Role in Nature, by Evan Eisenberg (Vintage Books). This is an elegantly written exploration into deep ecological anthropology and philosophy.

The Ecology of Eden: An Inquiry into the Dream of Paradise and a New Vision of Our Role in Nature, by Evan Eisenberg (Vintage Books).

The ecology of Eden: An inquiry into the dream of paradise and a new vision of our role in nature. New York, NY: Vintage Books.

Eisenberg, Evan Although mainstream theology has largely bought into the dominant evolutionary narrative of Progress, the Bibles perspective on historical origins is quite contrary which i. New York: Vintage Books, 1998. Although mainstream theology has largely bought into the dominant evolutionary narrative of Progress, the Bibles perspective on historical origins is quite contrary which is perhaps why it has been increasingly marginalized since the Enlightenment. The primeval history of Gen 1-11, for example, portrays civilization as the fruit not of human genius, but of alienation from the symbiotic lifeways of the Garden.

Eisenberg, E. (1998) view of the complex relationship between human beings and the whole of nature

Eisenberg, E. (1998). The ecology of Eden: An inquiry into the dream of paradise and a new vision of our role in nature. Beyond the frontiers of the mind. view of the complex relationship between human beings and the whole of nature. This classic book remains a valuable resource for philosophers, biologists, and environmentalists alike-along with all those who care about the future of life on Earth.