This volume examines historical views of stewardship that have sometimes allowed humans to ravage the earth as well as contemporary and futuristic visions of stewardship that will be necessary to achieve pragmatic progress to save life on earth as we know it.

The idea of stewardship – human responsibility to tend the Earth – has been central to human cultures throughout history, as evident in the Judeo-Christian Genesis story of the Garden of Eden and in a diverse range of parallel tales from other traditions around the world. Despite such foundational hortatory stories about preserving the earth on which we live, humanity in the Anthropocene is nevertheless currently destroying the planet with breathtaking speed.

Much research on stewardship today – in the disciplines of geography, urban studies, oceans research, and green business practice – offers insights that should help address the ecological challenges facing the planet. Simultaneous scholarship in the humanities and other fields reminds us that the damage done to the planet has often been carried out in the name of tending the land. In order to make progress in environmental stewardship, scholars must speak to each other across the disciplinary boundaries, as they do in this volume.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2022

ISBN

9781000624755

Edition

Topic

History

Subtopic

European History

Index

History

Cover Page
Half Title page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction: The Contradictory Inflections of Stewardship
Part I Human Self-Perception and Misperception
Part II Dystopian Visions of Past, Present, and Future
Part III Approaches to Contemporary Challenges
Part IV Envisioning the Future
Index