{"title":"Jedediah Purdy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our curated collection of works by the esteemed author Jedediah Purdy. Known for his profound insights and eloquent prose, Purdy skilfully navigates the intricate landscapes of both nature and politics. His writings offer a critical examination of how we interact with the natural world and the socio-political structures that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAfter Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, Purdy delves into the complex relationship between the environment and human responsibility, urging readers to rethink their connection to the natural world. This thought-provoking work blends science and philosophy, challenging us to envision a future where humanity and nature coexist harmoniously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Land Is Our Land\u003c\/em\u003e is another compelling addition to his repertoire. Here, Purdy tackles the vital topic of land ownership and public space, exploring the intersections of democracy, economic power, and environmental stewardship. Through his engaging narrative, he invites readers to consider the deeper implications of what it means to claim and belong to a place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJedediah Purdy's books are a must-read for anyone interested in Science \u0026amp; Nature or Politics \u0026amp; Current Affairs. Immerse yourself in his masterful exploration of these themes and gain a deeper understanding of the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"this-land-is-our-land-by-jedediah-purdy-9780691195643","title":"This Land Is Our Land","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of our finest writers and leading environmental thinkers, a powerful book about how the land we share divides us—and how it could unite us. Today, we are at a turning point as we face ecological and political crises that are rooted in conflicts over the land itself. But these problems can be solved if we draw on elements of our tradition that move us toward a new commonwealth—a community founded on the well-being of all people and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brief, powerful, timely, and hopeful book, \u003cem\u003eJedediah Purdy\u003c\/em\u003e, one of our finest writers and leading environmental thinkers, explores how we might begin to heal our fractured and contentious relationship with the land and with each other. From the coalfields of Appalachia and the tobacco fields of the Carolinas to the public lands of the West, Purdy shows how the land has always united and divided Americans, holding us in common projects and fates but also separating us into insiders and outsiders, owners and dependents, workers and bosses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpropriated from Native Americans and transformed by slave labour, the same land that represents a history of racism and exploitation could, in the face of environmental catastrophe, bind us together in relationships of reciprocity and mutual responsibility. This may seem idealistic in our polarised time, but we are at a historical fork in the road, and if we do not make efforts now to move toward a commonwealth, Purdy warns, environmental and political pressures will create harsher and crueller conflicts—between citizens, between countries, and between humans and the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46851719889132,"sku":"9780691195643","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1943573482434.jpg?v=1759122279"},{"product_id":"after-nature-by-jedediah-purdy-9780674979864","title":"After Nature","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating record industrial emissions, industrial-scale crop pollens, and the disappearance of species driven to extinction. Climate change is planetary engineering without design. These facts of the Anthropocene are scientific, but its shape and meaning are questions for politics—a politics that does not yet exist. \u003ci\u003eAfter Nature\u003c\/i\u003e develops a politics for this post-natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJedediah Purdy begins with a history of how Americans have shaped their landscapes. He explores the competing traditions that still infuse environmental law and culture—a frontier vision of settlement and development, a wilderness-seeking Romanticism, a utilitarian attitude that tries to manage nature for human benefit, and a twentieth-century ecological view. These traditions are ways of seeing the world and humans' place in it. They are also modes of lawmaking that inscribe ideal visions on the earth itself. Each has shaped landscapes that make its vision of nature real, from wilderness to farmland to suburbs—opening some new ways of living on the earth while foreclosing others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Anthropocene demands that we draw on all these legacies and go beyond them. With human and environmental fates now inseparable, environmental politics will become either more deeply democratic or more unequal and inhumane. Where nothing is pure, we must create ways to rally devotion to a damaged and ever-changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853930549484,"sku":"9780674979864","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8300523482428.jpg?v=1759226290"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/jedediah-purdy.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}