The moving boundary
Art, science, and the construction of reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11830873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter Truett Anderson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Pages | 27-34 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Futures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-4027 • E-ISSN: 1556-1844 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02604027.1994.9972414 |
| OpenAlex | W2083038277 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In the cultural environment of the postmodern world, people invent new myths, rituals and beliefs—in effect, create traditions. In the biological environment, restorationists build living replicas of marshes, forests, deserts and waterways—in effect, create “natural” ecosystems. This shift of the boundary between the given world and the made world transforms both personal and political existence, and brings science and art into our lives in new ways
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Boundary (topology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Geography · Marsh · Mythology · Natural (archaeology · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Sociology · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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