| Titre | Écologie, espace géographique, temps historique | |
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| Auteur | Bernard Charbonneau | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 91-92, 1er et 2e trimestre 1989 Le rapport à la nature | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Le rapport à la Nature |
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| Page | 45-53 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Bernard Charbonneau, Ecology, geographical space, and historical time
The originality of ecology is that it is a synthetic science studying complete, natural ecosystems. It has inspired an « ecology » movement, denouncing the threats that the industrial system poses to nature defined as the planetary ecosystem inhabited by humankind.
Two other synthetic disciplines could complement an ecology limited to nature : geography and history. Geography studies natural and human systems within the framework of local and planetary space, as history does within the framework of time. But the accumulation of information forces geography and history to become more and more scientific, technical and specialized. These disciplines risk betraying their mission of synthesizing knowledge within space and time.
Can ecology, geography and history be combined in the development of a living, natural and cultural understanding of the environment ? Is this possible given the present state of scientific research ? Is this the affair of the sciences only ? Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/homso_0018-4306_1989_num_91_1_2388 |
