Western intellectual history is plagued by a fslse distinction between humankind (traditionally, and problematically, referred to as 'man') and its surrounding Environment (traditionally, and just as problematically, referred to as 'nature'). Though it has undergone heavy criticism the past decades, this differentiation continues to inform a host of academic disciplines, not least architecture. Disastrously, it also continues to underpin the ongoing - even accelerating -extraction and depletion of the Earth's resources. The notion of 'man's' dominion over 'nature' is only possible if the two are understood as separate entities; one supposedly destined to tame - that is to say, exploit - the other.
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