| The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society Contributor(s): Kellert, Stephen R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559633182 ISBN-13: 9781559633185 Publisher: Island Press OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecology - Nature | Animals - Wildlife - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 179.1 |
| LCCN: 95032210 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.96" W x 8.95" (0.83 lbs) 282 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Value of Life" is an exploration of the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for human beings and society. Stephen R. Kellert identifies ten basic values, which he describes as biologically based, inherent human tendencies that are greatly influenced and moderated by culture, learning, and experience. Drawing on 20 years of original research, he considers: the universal basis for how humans value nature differences in those values by gender, age, ethnicity, occupation, and geographic location how environment-related activities affect values variation in values relating to different species how vlaues vary across cultures policy and management implications Throughout the book, Kellert argues that the preservation of biodiversity is fundamentally linked to human well-being in the largest sense as he illustrates the importance of biological diversity to the human sociocultural and psychological condition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kellert, Stephen R.: - Stephen R. Kellert was the Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Social Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and author of numerous books including, The Biophilia Hypothesis (coedited with E. O. Wilson, 1993), The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society (1996), Kinship to Mastery: Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development (1997), The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World (coedited with T. Farnham, 2002), and Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations (coedited with P. H. Kahn, 2002). |