Human activity has progressively remade all of reality including nature
Evidence
The history of the species is simultaneously the history of the transformation of reality. There is now virtually no reach of space, of the microscopic or macroscopic, that has not been refigured by human action. Increasingly, what is left of nature is what we have deliberately left there. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 348
Categorization
- XREF: Echoes the cultivated-nature themes in structuralism (Levi-Strauss) and connects to later environmental communication debates. — connects to: Reality is produced through collective work and action — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 386; The novel relocates real event from human action to natural and bodily change — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 21; Creating objects allowed humans to adapt and spread geographically. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 64 (+2 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 348
Broader Connections
- The novel relocates real event from human action to natural and bodily change
#contradicts(0.80) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 21 - Human culture originates in the socially mediated relation between man and nature
#expands(0.78) - Reality is produced through collective work and action
#corroborates(0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 386 - Modern communications technology has fundamentally reshaped human consciousness and social relations
#exemplifies(0.75) - Creating objects allowed humans to adapt and spread geographically.
#expands(0.70) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 64