In our technological civilization, the forces of globalization are a threat to both nature and culture. The many and varied cultures of the world are beset by the homogenizing impact of the global media, which represents the triumph of technics. Nature and culture must be protected to preserve a humanly habitable world. Conserving Cultures is the first book to link nature and culture conservation. The threat to nature is now well understood; how it relates to cultures is not. This book both describes and analyzes theoretically the danger to culture and proposes practical remedial measures.
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Harry Redner was formerly an endowed professor at Darmstadt University in Germany, and a reader at Monash University in Australia.
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Zustand: New. Redner, a wide ranging Australian academic who spend most of his career at Monash University, considers the loss of traditional and local cultures under the juggernaut of global consumerism to be as devastating to humans as the loss of biological diversity is to the environment. He examines what glo Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367. . 2004. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Artikel-Nr. V9780742527348
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