Wilderness is the place where, symbolically at least, we try to withhold our power to dominate.
Tag: William Cronon
Cronon, William, “The Trouble with Wilderness or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”, Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature ed. William Cronon, (W.W. Norton 1995)
Idealizing a distant wilderness too often means not idealizing the environment in which we actually live, the landscape that for … More
Cronon, William, “The Trouble with Wilderness or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”, Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature ed. William Cronon, (W.W. Norton 1995)
This, then, is the central paradox: wilderness embodies a dualistic vision in which the human is entirely outside the natural. … More
Cronon, William, “The Trouble with Wilderness or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”, Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature ed. William Cronon, (W.W. Norton 1995)
In virtually all of its manifestations, wilderness represents a flight from history. Seen as the original garden, it is a … More