General introduction: The critique of culture and the plurality of nature
Imagining Nature. Practices of cosmology and identity, (2003)Abstract
Nature is no longer what it used to be. But neither is culture.The former is being
deconstructed, the latter is being naturalised, and yet the two antagonists in themselves appear as important and foundational as ever. It may be that the bearings of
this dichotomy are simply in the midst of a reconfiguration. Coming to grips with
this complex condition, however, calls for novel analytical approaches. We believe
that this collection of essays breaks new ground by arguing that recent reconceptualisations of the processes of practice and imagining can act as a useful starting point
from which to understand the complex ways in which nature emerges as a human
reality.