Thoreau's nature : ethics, politics, and the wild
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Thoreau's nature : ethics, politics, and the wild
（Modernity and political thought, vol. 7）
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002
New ed
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- : paper : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Originally published in 1994 by Sage Publications, Inc.
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth : alk. paper ISBN 9780742521407
Description
Thoreau's Nature: Ethics, Politics, and the Wild explores how Thoreau crafted a life open to "the Wild," a term that marks the startling element of foreignness in every object of experience, however familiar. Thoreau's encounters with nature, Bennett argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity, and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoreau and our contemporaries: Foucault on identity and power, Haraway on the nature/culture of division, Hollywood celebrities on the Walden Woods Project, the National Endowment for the Humanities on politics and art, and Kafka on the question of political idealism. The pertinence to the late 20th century of Thoreau's pursuit of independent judgment, ecological foresight, and moral nobility becomes apparent through these engagements.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Why Thoreau Hates Politics Chapter 2 Techniques of the Self Chapter 3 Writing a Heteroverse Chapter 4 Art and Politics Chapter 5 Fronting Thoreau
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: paper : alk. paper ISBN 9780742521414
Description
Thoreau's Nature: Ethics, Politics, and the Wild explores how Thoreau crafted a life open to 'the Wild,' a term that marks the startling element of foreignness in every object of experience, however familiar. Thoreau's encounters with nature, Bennett argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity, and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoreau and our contemporaries: Foucault on identity and power, Haraway on the nature/culture of division, Hollywood celebrities on the Walden Woods Project, the National Endowment for the Humanities on politics and art, and Kafka on the question of political idealism. The pertinence to the late 20th century of Thoreau's pursuit of independent judgment, ecological foresight, and moral nobility becomes apparent through these engagements.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Why Thoreau Hates Politics Chapter 2 Techniques of the Self Chapter 3 Writing a Heteroverse Chapter 4 Art and Politics Chapter 5 Fronting Thoreau
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