Knowing me, knowing you: Aboriginal and European concepts of nature as self and other

Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-56

  Strang, Veronica ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Environmental values; Identity; Landscape; Nature; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349113012     PISSN: 13635247     EISSN: 15685357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568535053628463     Document Type: Review

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