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100			_aDove, Michael R. _9853643
245			_aHearsay is not excluded: A History of natural history
260			_aLondon _bYale University Press _c2024
300			_axx, 261 p. _bIncludes bibliographical reference and index
520			_aFor millennia, the field of natural history promoted a knowledgeable and unifying view of the world. In contrast, the modern rise of narrow scientific disciplines has promoted a dichotomy between nature and culture on the one hand and between scientific and folk knowledge on the other. Drawing on the fields of anthropology, history, and environmental science, Michael R. Dove argues that the loss of this historic holistic vision of the world is partly to blame for contemporary environmental degradation and science skepticism.
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