Nature's Kindred Spirits: Aldo Leopold, Joseph Wood Krutch, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Gary SnyderUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1994 M04 1 - 200 pages In Nature's Kindred Spirits James McClintock shows how their mystical experiences with the wild led to dramatic conversions in their thinking and behavior. By embracing the ecstasy of nature, they reject modern alienation and spiritual confusion. |
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... concepts and lan- guage that describe nature as a whole made up of communities kept stable by a variety of parts in interdependent relation- ships . At the turn of the century , pioneer ecologist Henry C. Cowles described the process of ...
... concepts about plant ecology and succession to Arizona brush fields that had been grazed or burned ( RMG , 114-22 ) . Letters between Leopold and Clements in 1930 about population cy- cles suggest a wide correspondence between the two ...
... concepts about natural communities are helpful in establishing better human communities . The " food chain , " " succession , " " climax , " " bio- mass , " " feedback loops , " " recycling , " and other ecological commonplaces are ...
... concept as have Aldo Leopold , Gary Snyder , and Joseph Wood Krutch . Neither does he allude frequently to the range ... concepts allied to direct experience with natural phenomena , but one must also discipline the intuitive faculties ...
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