![]() ![]() It views humans as above or outside of nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental or 'use' value to nature." Deep ecology, on the other hand, does not separate humanity from nature: "It sees the world not as a collection of isolated objects, but as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent." It Distinguishing between "shallow" and "deep" ecology, he describes shallow ecology as "human-centered. It may also be called an ecological view, if the term 'ecological' is used in a much broader sense than usual" (p. ![]() Here he refers to a "new paradigm that may be called a holistic worldview, seeing the world as an integrated whole rather than a dissociated collection of parts. This book concentrates on biological aspects of Capra's ongoing thesis of the interconnection of the earth with all its inhabitants, his earlier books having presented it in the fields of physics, philosophy, and society. The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra, Anchor Books, Doubleday, New York, 1996 appendix, notes, index, illustrated, 368 pages, ISBN 5-2, cloth $23.95. ![]()
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