ABSTRACT

This revised edition of Carolyn Merchant’s classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword.

Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth.

chapter 1|8 pages

A Garden Planet

part I|69 pages

Genesis of the Recovery Narrative

chapter 2|23 pages

The Fall from Eden

chapter 3|21 pages

Recovering the Garden

chapter 4|21 pages

From Wilderness to Civilization

part II|79 pages

New World Edens

chapter 5|20 pages

Adam As Hero

chapter 6|23 pages

Eve As Nature

chapter 7|17 pages

Colonizing Eden

chapter 8|15 pages

Eden Commodified

part III|50 pages

New Stories

chapter 9|14 pages

Earth in Recovery

chapter 10|15 pages

Order out of Chaos

chapter 11|18 pages

Partnership