Human/Nature
On Life in a Wild World
Published on 1. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-76117-001-0 (ISBN)
Description
A lyrical work of creative nonfiction, Human/ Nature is an exploration of how and why we think about the natural world the way we do.
Everything we think about nature is deeply cultural. And much of what we imagine is based on outdated, irrelevant, or out-of-place beliefs. How are these ideas affecting the way we live in the world, and do we have any hope of changing them? If you've ever asked yourself whether humans are ruining nature, whether there's a better way for us to belong, or whether it's possible to love both the environment and your cat, you're not alone. This exquisite, contemplative book is for anyone who has ever wondered where they fit in the natural world.
Everything we think about nature is deeply cultural. And much of what we imagine is based on outdated, irrelevant, or out-of-place beliefs. How are these ideas affecting the way we live in the world, and do we have any hope of changing them? If you've ever asked yourself whether humans are ruining nature, whether there's a better way for us to belong, or whether it's possible to love both the environment and your cat, you're not alone. This exquisite, contemplative book is for anyone who has ever wondered where they fit in the natural world.
Reviews / Votes
'In this funny, provocative and profoundly moving book, Jane Rawson brilliantly unravels the myths about the boundaries of the human and the non- human, the natural and the unnatural, and love and death that shape our thinking about not just the environment, but our history and the future that is already overtaking us. Read it: it's utterly marvellous.' - James Bradley, author of Deep Water'Idiosyncratic and wily, big-hearted and brave, Human/Nature is an exhilarating deep dive into what is deemed "nature", what is worth saving, and who gets to decide. Part confessional, part philosophical inquiry, part lament, this book takes us on a rollicking ride.' - Jessie Cole, author of Desire and Staying
'A sense of possibility and connection can be elusive in these challenging days yet Jane Rawson offers them to us, using language that is beautiful, wise, clear and true.' - Sophie Cunningham, author of City of Trees
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney, NSW
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76117-001-0 (9781761170010)
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Person
Jane Rawson is the award-winning author of novels A History of Dreams, From the Wreck and A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, a novella, Formaldehyde, and the non-fiction book The Handbook: Surviving & living with climate change. You can read her essays in Living with the Anthropocene; Fire, Flood, Plague; and Reading like an Australian Writer. She has been the Environment & Energy Editor at The Conversation and the Communications Coordinator for the Tasmanian Land Conservancy and is currently the Managing Editor of Island magazine. She is working on a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Tasmania and lives in Southeast Tasmania.