Using Metaphors in Restoring Nature
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Using Metaphors in Restoring Nature
There has recently been growing interest in the role of metaphors in environmentalism and nature conservation. Metaphors not only structure how we perceive and think but also how we should act. The metaphor of nature as a book provokes a different attitude and kind of nature management than the metaphor of nature as a machine, an organism, or a network. This article explores four clusters of me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature and Culture
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1558-6073,1558-5468
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2007.020103