Nature and Society in Historical Context

by Mikulás Teich (Editor), Roy Porter (Editor), Bo Gustafsson (Editor)

In general terms, one way of describing the world we live in is to say that it is made up of nature and society, and that human beings belong to both. This is the first volume to be published that addresses the historical contexts of the relations between these two characteristics of human nature. Individual essays and the general conclusions of the volume are important not only for our understanding of the evolution of knowledge of nature and of society, but also for an awareness of the types of truth and perception produced in the process.

Genres: History

422 pages, Hardcover

First published February 13, 1997

Reviews

[Jake · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really should stop reading such old edited books. They often have one or two brilliant articles and a mixture of mediocre to poor articles. This book was no different. The earlier articles dealing with older topics were often interesting and engaging. However, the more contemporary the articles became the poorer they became. The second half of the book moved more to a history of epistemology, which is fine, but became less connected and was often very dry.