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A Philosophy of Gardens

By David E. Cooper

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0199290342, 9780199290345, 9780191516139
LCC
SB454.3.P34 C66 2006
Open Library ID
OL22722419M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1206620 bytes)
Pages
184\184
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Why do gardens matter so much and mean so much to people? That is the intriguing question to which David Cooper seeks an answer in this book. Given the enthusiasm for gardens in human civilization ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, it is surprising that the question has been so long neglected by modern philosophy. Now at last there is a philosophy of gardens. David Cooper identifies garden appreciation as a special human phenomenon distinct from both from the appreciation of art and the appreciation of nature. He discusses the contribution of gardening and other garden-related pursuits to "the good life." And he distinguishes the many kinds of meanings that gardens may have, from their representation of nature to their spiritual significance. A Philosophy of Gardens will open up this subject to students and scholars of aesthetics, ethics, and cultural and environmental studies, and to anyone with a reflective interest in things horticultural.

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