Environmental scientists must learn the language of literature

Teaching with literature makes social sciences come alive

Students get deeper insights when writers and poets such as Dickens and Neruda are on the syllabus, David Aberbach argues

By David Aberbach

22 August

Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature, by Liam Heneghan

An environmental biologist’s examination of the books we read during childhood is in equal parts charming and irritating, writes Shelley King

By Shelley King

10 May

Managing the Wild: Stories of People and Plants and Tropical Forests, by Charles M. Peters

Excluding local people from conservation is not the way to preserve vital vegetation, as it is they whose practices produce the ecologies we value, finds Steven Yearley

By Steven Yearley

5 April

Environmental scientists must learn the language of literature

Seekers of dispassionate truth may be irritated by the moral passion of the likes of Dostoevsky, Zola and Chekhov, but it is a much stronger influence on public opinion, says David Aberbach

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Teaching with literature makes social sciences come alive

Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature, by Liam Heneghan

Managing the Wild: Stories of People and Plants and Tropical Forests, by Charles M. Peters

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London School of Economics and Political Science

McGill University

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Environmental scientists must learn the language of literature

Seekers of dispassionate truth may be irritated by the moral passion of the likes of Dostoevsky, Zola and Chekhov, but it is a much stronger influence on public opinion, says David Aberbach

POSTSCRIPT:

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Related articles

Teaching with literature makes social sciences come alive

Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature, by Liam Heneghan

Managing the Wild: Stories of People and Plants and Tropical Forests, by Charles M. Peters

Related universities

London School of Economics and Political Science

McGill University

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