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OverviewThe concept and values of wilderness, along with the practice of wilderness preservation, have been under attack for the past several decades. In Rethinking Wilderness, Mark Woods responds to seven prominent anti-wilderness arguments. Woods offers a rethinking of the received concept of wilderness, developing a positive account of wilderness as a significant location for the other-than-human value-adding properties of naturalness, wildness, and freedom. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book combines environmental philosophy, environmental history, environmental social sciences, the science of ecology, and the science of conservation biology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark WoodsPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Weight: 0.403kg ISBN: 9781551113487ISBN 10: 1551113481 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 30 July 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 – Wilderness: Conceptual and Historical Background Chapter 2 – Naturalized Human Distinctiveness: The Naturalist Argument Chapter 3 – An Other-than-Human World: The Social Constructivist Argument Chapter 4 – Trammeling Wilderness: The No-Wilderness Argument Chapter 5 – Trammeling People I: The Imperial Argument Chapter 6 – Upsetting the Balance of Nature: The Ecological Argument Chapter 7 – Trammeling People II: The Environmental Justice Argument Chapter 8 – Wilderness Preservation and the Other-than-Human World: The Management Argument Chapter 9 – Natural, Wild, and Free: Toward a Wilderness EthicReviewsRethinking Wilderness articulates a thoughtful, rigorous, and reformist case for wilderness. It could not be more timely. Everyone who cares about defending the natural world should read this book. --Dale Jamieson, New York University In Rethinking Wilderness Mark Woods carefully works through the most prominent recent criticisms of the idea of wilderness. Woods' analysis is careful and his discussions are wide-ranging, touching on issues in environmental history, social theory, ecology, and conservation biology. This is an important piece of scholarship, essential reading for critics and defenders of wilderness alike. --Katie McShane, Colorado State University Rethinking Wilderness could as well be titled Rethinking Rethinking Wilderness. Mark Woods analyzes with great clarity those who have critiqued the original wilderness idea in anti-wilderness directions. Hence my doublet title, to emphasize doubly how this is a permanent contribution to thinking about wilderness. --Holmes Rolston III, author of A New Environmental Ethics: The Next Millennium for Life on Earth Rethinking Wilderness articulates a thoughtful, rigorous, and reformist case for wilderness. It could not be more timely. Everyone who cares about defending the natural world should read this book. --Dale Jamieson, New York University In Rethinking Wilderness Mark Woods carefully works through the most prominent recent criticisms of the idea of wilderness. Woods' analysis is careful and his discussions are wide-ranging, touching on issues in environmental history, social theory, ecology, and conservation biology. This is an important piece of scholarship, essential reading for critics and defenders of wilderness alike. --Katie McShane, Colorado State University Rethinking Wilderness could as well be titled Rethinking Rethinking Wilderness. Mark Woods analyzes with great clarity those who have critiqued the original wilderness idea in anti-wilderness directions. Hence my doublet title, to emphasize doubly how this is a permanent contribution to thinking about wilderness. --Holmes Rolston III, author of A New Environmental Ethics: The Next Millennium for Life on Earth Author InformationMark Woods is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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