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Wild Ideas
David Rothenberg
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paperback. Editor(s): Rothenberg, David. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
A new view of what’s “wild,” and a new path for environmentalism.
At the very heart of American respect for nature, historically and philosophically, is the notion of the wild. This notion comes under scrutiny in Wild Ideas, a collection of essays that bring a fresh and refreshing perspective to the wilderness paradoxically at the center of our civilization.
Blending well-known and new voices, the volume surveys classical and romantic concepts of wilderness, from the scary to the sublime, and shows why neither serves us anymore. Instead, the authors argue for a “wild culture,” in which nature is not opposed to ... Read moreAmong the topics discussed are the confluence of wilderness, empire, and race in the United States; the way the ecology movement uses language; gendered views of the wilderness; maps and topology, and how they affect our view of the wild; healing by the wilderness experience; and the idea of an urban wilderness. Contributors: David Abram; Douglas Buege, U of Wisconsin; Denis Cosgrove, U of London; Robert Greenway, Sonoma State U; Ed Grumbine, Sierra Institute; Marvin Henberg, Linfield College; Irene Klaver, Montana State U; Andrew Light, U of Alberta; Lois Lorentzen, U of San Francisco; Max Oelschlaeger, U of North Texas; R. Murray Schafer; Tom Wolf. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816626151
SKU
V9780816626151
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99-50
About David Rothenberg
David Rothenberg is assistant professor of philosophy and director of the program in Science, Technology, and Society at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the author of Is It Painful to Think? (Minnesota, 1992) and Hand’s End: Technology and the Limits of Nature (1993).
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