pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: A PHILOSOPHY OF GARDENS
By: David E. Cooper
Format: Hardback

List price: £73.00
Our price: £63.88
Discount:
12.5% off
You save: £9.12
ISBN 10: 0199290342
ISBN 13: 9780199290345
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery rates
Stock: Currently 0 available
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 2 February, 2006
Pages: 184
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 theappreciation 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 Philosophyof 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.
Synopsis: 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. Not only is this a fascinating subject in its own right, it also provides a reminder that the subject-matter of aesthetics is broader than the fine arts; that ethics is not just about moral issues but about 'the good life'; and that environmental philosophy should not focus only on 'wilderness' to the exclusion of the humanly shaped environment. David Cooper identifies garden appreciation as a special human phenomenon distinct from both from the appreciation of art and the appreciation of nature. He explores the importance of various 'garden-practices' and shows how not only gardening itself, but activities to which the garden especially lends itself, including social and meditative activities, contribute to the good life.And he distinguishes the many kinds of meanings that gardens may have, from representation of nature to emotional expression, from historical significance to symbolization of a spiritual relationship to the world. Building on the familiar observation that, among human beings' creations, the garden is peculiarly dependent on the co-operation of nature, Cooper argues that the garden matters as an epiphany of an intimate co-dependence between human creative activity in the world and the 'mystery' that allows there to be a world for them at all. 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.
Illustrations: 9 halftones
Publication: UK
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:
A COMPANION TO AESTHETICS (PB)
A PHILOSOPHY OF GARDENS (PB)
AESTHETICS (HB)
AESTHETICS (PB)
AESTHETICS (PB)
AN INTRODUCTION TO MADHVA VEDANTA (PB)
AN INTRODUCTION TO YOGA PHILOSOPHY (HB)
ANIMALS AND MISANTHROPY (HB)
ANIMALS AND MISANTHROPY (PB)
BUDDHISM AS PHILOSOPHY (PB)
BUDDHISM, KNOWLEDGE AND LIBERATION (HB)
BUDDHISM, VIRTUE AND ENVIRONMENT (PB)
BUDDHIST INCLUSIVISM (HB)
COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO CHINESE PHILOSOPHY (PB)
CONVERGENCE WITH NATURE
CONVERGENCE WITH NATURE
CONVERGENCE WITH NATURE (PB)
ENVIRONMENT IN QUESTION
ENVIRONMENT IN QUESTION
ENVIRONMENT IN QUESTION
ENVIRONMENT IN QUESTION
EPISTEMOLOGY (HB)
EPISTEMOLOGY (PB)
ETHICS (PB)
ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONALS IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD (PB)
EXISTENTIALISM (HB)
EXISTENTIALISM (PB)
FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT (HB)
FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT (PB)
FIFTY MAJOR THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MAJOR THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MAJOR THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MAJOR THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MAJOR THINKERS ON EDUCATION (HB)
FIFTY MAJOR THINKERS ON EDUCATION (PB)
FIFTY MODERN THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MODERN THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MODERN THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MODERN THINKERS ON EDUCATION
FIFTY MODERN THINKERS ON EDUCATION (HB)
FIFTY MODERN THINKERS ON EDUCATION (PB)
GARDENING
GARDENING (PB)
GARDENING - PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE
GARDENING - PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE
HEIDEGGER (PB)
JUST ENVIRONMENTS
JUST ENVIRONMENTS
JUST ENVIRONMENTS
JUST ENVIRONMENTS
JUST ENVIRONMENTS (HB)
JUST ENVIRONMENTS (PB)
KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT (HB)
KEY THINKERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT (PB)
LEARNING FROM CHINESE PHILOSOPHIES
LEARNING FROM CHINESE PHILOSOPHIES
LEARNING FROM CHINESE PHILOSOPHIES (HB)
MEANING
MEANING
MEANING
MEANING (HB)
MEANING (PB)
MENCIUS, HUME AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS (HB)
METAPHYSICS (HB)
METAPHYSICS (PB)
MULLA SADRA'S TRANSCENDENT PHILOSOPHY
MULLA SADRA'S TRANSCENDENT PHILOSOPHY
MULLA SADRA'S TRANSCENDENT PHILOSOPHY (HB)
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY (HB)
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY (HB)
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY (PB)
PESSIMISM, QUIETISM AND NATURE AS REFUGE
PESSIMISM, QUIETISM AND NATURE AS REFUGE (HB)
PHILOSOPHY (HB)
PHILOSOPHY (PB)
PHILOSOPHY AND THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE (HB)
PRESUPPOSITION (HB)
SENSES OF MYSTERY (HB)
SENSES OF MYSTERY (PB)
SPIRIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
SPIRIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
SPIRIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
SPIRIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
SPIRIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (HB)
SPIRIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (PB)
SUNLIGHT ON THE SEA (PB)
THE ENVIRONMENT IN QUESTION (PB)
THE MEASURE OF THINGS (HB)
THE MEASURE OF THINGS (PB)
THE PHILOSOPHY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
THE PHILOSOPHY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
THE PHILOSOPHY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE (HB)
WISDOM IN EARLY CONFUCIAN AND ISRAELITE TRADITIONS
WISDOM IN EARLY CONFUCIAN AND ISRAELITE TRADITIONS
WISDOM IN EARLY CONFUCIAN AND ISRAELITE TRADITIONS (HB)
WORLD PHILOSOPHIES
WORLD PHILOSOPHIES (HB)
WORLD PHILOSOPHIES (PB)
ZEN BUDDHISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS (PB)
ZHUANGZI AND EARLY CHINESE PHILOSOPHY (HB)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
In Praise of Shadows (Paperback)
By: Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Vintage Publishing
Our Price : £5.83
more details
Bluets (Hardback)
By: Maggie Nelson
Random House Children's Publishers UK
Our Price : £9.48
more details
The Architecture of Happiness (Paperback)
By: Alain de Botton
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £9.48
more details
Divine Beauty (Paperback)
By: John O'Donohue
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Our Price : £7.29
more details
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
By: Roger Scruton
Oxford University Press
Our Price : £6.56
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 HUMANITIES
 philosophy
 topics in philosophy
 aesthetics


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket