The Natural and the Social. Uncertainty, Risk, Change. The Open University

Edited By Steve Hinchliffe and Kath Woodward.

ISBN 10: 0415329701 / ISBN 13: 9780415329705

Published by Routledge/The Open University Press, Great Britain, 2000

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Trade Paperback. This book draws on insights from across the social sciences to examine the changing character of the inter-relations between society and nature. Individual chapters look in depth at changing classifications of what it means to be human, at what distinguishes human beings from animals, at medical practices, links between markets and the environment, our perception of risj, and the links between social and natural matters. Throughout readers are encouraged to draw on their own experiences and examples of contemporary concerns to understand the theorectical and practical problems of living in this new natural-and-social world. Illustrated. 165 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Natural and the Social. Uncertainty, Risk, Change. The Open University
• Publisher: Routledge/The Open University Press, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415329701
• ISBN 13: 9780415329705
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

The age in which people in the West have treated society and nature as essentially separate matters is at an end. Environmental change and degradation impinge on all our lives, and even our genes are increasingly seen by employers and insurers as commodities.

The Natural and the Social draws on insights from across the social sciences to examine the changing character of these interrelations between society and nature. Individual chapters look in depth at genes, environments and human development, medical practices and health, and the management of environmental risk. Throughout students are encouraged to draw on their own experiences to understand the theoretical and practical problems of living in this new natural-and-social world.

This exciting and original text will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand more clearly the role and limitations of technological and scientific progress in contemporary society.

About the Author

Steve Hinchliffe, Kath Woodward