![]() ![]() It seems a definite shift occurred around 1500 concerning our attitude towards Nature and the Earth.She argues that a more rigid, violent,and paternalistic culture came to dominance at that time, virtually crushing the older more wholistic and maternalistic culture. She looks most pointedly at records from mining charters form the time period in question as well as works previous to that. ![]() ![]() Merchant wonderfully tells the compelling tale of how Western civilization in Europe began seeing the Universe as a dead thing rather than a living being- a pile of resources to be exploited rather than a mother figure to be nourished and nurtured. What a fascinating and enlightening book. ![]()
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