The Wilderness Condition

by Oelschlaeger, Max

• ISBN13: 9781559631907
• ISBN10: 1559631902
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

This book aims to introduce to a larger audience issues that are too often limited to scholarly circles. A thought-provoking collection of essays by some of the environmental movement's preeminent thinkers, The Wilderness Conditionexplores the dynamic tension between wild nature and civilization, offering insights into why the relationship has become adversarial and suggesting creative means for reconciliation. Contributors include Paul Shepard, Curt Meine, Max Oelschlaeger, and George Sessions.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Wilderness Condition Today	p. 1
The Etiquette of Freedom	p. 21
A Post-Historic Primitivism	p. 40
Ecocentrism, Wilderness, and Global Ecosystem Protection	p. 90
The Utility of Preservation and the Preservation of Utility: Leopold's Fine Line	p. 131
Perceiving the Good	p. 173
A Brittle Thesis: A Ghost Dance: A Flower Opening	p. 188
The Disembodied Parasite and Other Tragedies; or: Modern Western Philosophy and How to Get Out of It	p. 205
Not Laws of Nature but Li (Pattern) of Nature	p. 220
The Blessing of Otherness: Wilderness and the Human Condition	p. 245
Wilderness, Civilization, and Language	p. 271
Appendices	p. 309
Notes	p. 313
Notes on Contributors	p. 344
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