Contested Natures Stephen Cummings biological determinism has been coupled

biological determinism has been coupled with political philosophies that hold that some people are inherently better than others

The volume begins with the medieval roots of the Renaissance and Reformation

there are stories from different countries and cultures worldwide by writers from a diversity of professions and backgrounds

A clear introduction to social work in an educational setting

Contested Natures Stephen Cummings biological determinism has been coupledExploring the changing significance of nature in daily life, this text demonstrates that nature is irreducibly contested and embedded in highly diverse and ambivalent social practices. The book emphasizes that people's understandings and attitudes to nature are often ambivalent and there are no simple ways of prevailing upon them to "save the environment". The authors show that while environmental tasks permeate everyday life, people hugely mistrust