Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to plunder, alter, and control them. Here Paul Shepard uncovers the cultural roots of our ecological crisis and proposes ways to repair broken bonds with the earth, our past, and nature. Ultimately encouraging, he notes, "There is a secret person undamaged in every individual. We have not lost, and cannot lose, the genuine impulse.
- ISBN10 1280491221
- ISBN13 9781280491221
- Publish Date 1 January 1998 (first published 12 October 1982)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Georgia Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 201
- Language English