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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... Almanac : With Essays on Conservation from Round River ( Aldo Leopold ) Turtle Island ( Gary Snyder ) The Voice of the Desert ( Joseph Wood Krutch ) Introduction Contemporary American writers who derive their deepest in- sights xi.
... Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River (Aldo Leopold) Turtle Island (Gary Snyder) The Voice of the Desert (]oseph Wood Krutch) Introduction Contemporary American writers who derive their deepest insights from xi.
... conservation . Edward Abbey ( 1927-1989 ) , who identified himself closely with Jack London and his dark world view , used a desert backdrop for finding " antidotes to despair . " He adopted the " biocentric " perspec- tive popularized ...
... conservation movement had been inimical to the Ro- mantic veneration of nature , mid - twentieth - century ecology of- fered to restore compatibility between human and nonhuman nature . The scientific and literary Darwinian view of ...
... used them to establish a conservation philosophy that included an ethic for human conduct in relation to the natural environment . His ear- liest professional articles contain signs that he would eventu- ally 12 Kindred Spirits.