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Abstract :

Carolyn Merchant “Autonomous Nature: Resistance versus Control” 
Monday, April 3 at 6:00pm in Richard F. Celeste Theatre 

“Autonomous Nature” depicts the history of nature as rebellious, 
recalcitrant, rambunctious, and unruly. Despite the dramatic 
achievements of Western science, the limits of nature’s 
predictability are still manifested 

Full Message :

Carolyn Merchant “Autonomous Nature: Resistance versus Control” 
Monday, April 3 at 6:00pm in Richard F. Celeste Theatre 

“Autonomous Nature” depicts the history of nature as rebellious, 
recalcitrant, rambunctious, and unruly. Despite the dramatic achievements of 
Western science, the limits of nature’s predictability are still manifested 
today in the effects of natural disasters, extreme weather, and climate 
change.

Carolyn Merchant is Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and 
Ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The 
Death of Nature; Ecological Revolutions; and Reinventing Eden among other 
books.