Towards a Sociology of Nature Export

@article{citeulike:2570428, abstract = {This paper is concerned with the relationship between sociology and nature or the environment. We briefly summarise the various ways in which historically `nature' has been conceptualised, including the connections between the `natural' and the `market'. We suggest that there are many `natures' and then proceed to develop an agenda for a sociology of such natures. This comprises four elements: a sociology of environmental knowledges; social variation in the reading of natures; a sociology of the diverse forms of environmental damage; and a more general examination of environmentalism and society. We conclude with an examination of the relations between culture and nature suggesting that changes in this relationship now demonstrates what has always been the case, namely, that nature is elaborately entangled and fundamentally bound up with the social and the cultural. As the social and the cultural are both rapidly changing provides deciphering that relationship immensely fruitful but complex areas for future sociological work. 10.1177/0038038595029002002}, author = {Macnaghten, Phil and Urry, John}, citeulike-article-id = {2570428}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038595029002002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/2/203}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0038038595029002002}, journal = {Sociology}, keywords = {nature, sociology}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {203--220}, posted-at = {2008-03-21 17:48:37}, priority = {2}, title = {Towards a Sociology of Nature}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038595029002002}, volume = {29}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2570428 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2570428 N2 - This paper is concerned with the relationship between sociology and nature or the environment. We briefly summarise the various ways in which historically `nature' has been conceptualised, including the connections between the `natural' and the `market'. We suggest that there are many `natures' and then proceed to develop an agenda for a sociology of such natures. This comprises four elements: a sociology of environmental knowledges; social variation in the reading of natures; a sociology of the diverse forms of environmental damage; and a more general examination of environmentalism and society. We conclude with an examination of the relations between culture and nature suggesting that changes in this relationship now demonstrates what has always been the case, namely, that nature is elaborately entangled and fundamentally bound up with the social and the cultural. As the social and the cultural are both rapidly changing provides deciphering that relationship immensely fruitful but complex areas for future sociological work. 10.1177/0038038595029002002 IS - 2 JF - Sociology EP - 220 TI - Towards a Sociology of Nature VL - 29 SP - 203 KW - nature KW - sociology AU - Macnaghten, Phil AU - Urry, John PY - 1995/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038595029002002 ER -