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"""Brilliantly conceived and richly researched.""-- Susan Griffin""Offers a deeply perceptive discussion of the perennial debate between the organic and the mechanistic view of Nature and Life.""-- Walter Pagel""A complex and rewarding work. . . Through unearthing the historical roots of our current crisis, Merchant has. . . deepened and enriched our understanding of both our past and present.""-- ""Environmental Ethics""""[Merchant] continually forges strong links between the events of centuries long past ant the dilemmas faced by 20th-century industrialized societies.""-- ""Environmental Review""""A work of prodigious scholarship. . .A crucial first step toward illuminating the complexities of the woman/nature relationship as it informs the dominant mechanistic paradigm of the modern age.""-- ""Women's Studies International Quarterly"""

Brilliantly conceived and richly researched. -- Susan Griffin Offers a deeply perceptive discussion of the perennial debate between the organic and the mechanistic view of Nature and Life. -- Walter Pagel A complex and rewarding work. . . Through unearthing the historical roots of our current crisis, Merchant has. . . deepened and enriched our understanding of both our past and present. -- Environmental Ethics [Merchant] continually forges strong links between the events of centuries long past ant the dilemmas faced by 20th-century industrialized societies. -- Environmental Review A work of prodigious scholarship. . .A crucial first step toward illuminating the complexities of the woman/nature relationship as it informs the dominant mechanistic paradigm of the modern age. -- Women's Studies International Quarterly

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Carolyn Merchant, Ph.D., is professor of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics in the Department of Conservation and Resource Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

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