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Symbolic Dimension of Forest

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Authors

KLVAČ Pavel

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Contemporary State and Development Trends of Forest in Cultural Landscape
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords nature; culture; forest; wilderness; mystery; social costruction of nature
Description This paper deals with cultural reflexion of forest phenomenon. It proceeds from the assumption that nature (forest) is a socially constructed category more than objectively given reality. The perception of symbolic dimension of forest is described deeply ambivalent. The sources of this ambivalence are illustrated by opposing historical examples of human relation to forest. I assume that these in civilised manner fixed schemes of attitude to forest have latently affected discussion about forest protection to the present day.
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