Language & Philosophy - Couverture rigide

Dufrenne, Mikel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0837103967 ISBN 13 : 9780837103969

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1968

Synopsis

This work addresses the cultural background of stewardship as a progression from individual personal aesthetics to a deeply informed environmental ethic that could become a national environmental policy. Howell begins by assessing our personal cultural background and our philosophical notions of our role in the natural world. She looks at the evolution of Western civilization and changing worldviews in relation to nature, examining especially early conceptions of a more appealing, simpler life closer to nature in contrast to the perceived civilized world that is portrayed as decadent. Howell examines archetypes from literature and the popular arts, finding examples in Jungian psychology and in contemporary film and television that support the Wild Man image and promote the Simple Life yearning. She then looks at the early 20th-century conservation and preservation writers as the most direct ancestors of today's environmental movement and an immediate source of inspiration.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dorothy J. Howell, formerly an applied microbial ecologist, environmental counsel and educator, is a candidate for the PhD in environmental studies at Antioch New England Graduate School. She is the author of Ecology for Environmental Professionals (Quorum, 1994), Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy (Quorum, 1992), and Intellectual Properties and the Legal Protection of Fictional Characters (Quorum, 1990).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1968
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0837103967
• ISBN 13: 9780837103969
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 106
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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