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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)

Wilderness is the place where, symbolically at least, we try to withhold our power to dominate.

environmental issues, environmental studies, environmentalism, humanity, Nature, nature writing, wilderness, 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

dualism, environmental issues, environmental studies, environmentalism, home, humanity, Nature, nature writing, place, wilderness, 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)

This, then, is the central paradox: wilderness embodies a dualistic vision in which the human is entirely outside the natural. … More

dualism, environmental studies, Ethics, humanity, Nature, nature writing, wilderness, 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)

In virtually all of its manifestations, wilderness represents a flight from history. Seen as the original garden, it is a … More

environmental studies, History, Nature, nature writing, wilderness, William Cronon

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