Domination of Nature
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In Part One Leiss traces the idea of the domination of nature from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Francis Bacon''s seminal work provides the pivotal point for this discussion and, through an original interpretation of Bacon''s thought, Leiss shows how momentous ambiguities in the idea were incorporated into modern thought. By the beginning of the twentieth century the concept had becom...
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In Part One Leiss traces the idea of the domination of nature from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Francis Bacon''s seminal work provides the pivotal point for this discussion and, through an original interpretation of Bacon''s thought, Leiss shows how momentous ambiguities in the idea were incorporated into modern thought. By the beginning of the twentieth century the concept had becom...
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