Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 1 - 320 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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Page viii
... ideas and in the courts ( if not on Main Street in Memphis ) . The war in Vietnam would eventually end — one way or another , sooner or later . On the other hand , the " envi- ronmental crisis " ( as it was then called ) appeared to be ...
... ideas and in the courts ( if not on Main Street in Memphis ) . The war in Vietnam would eventually end — one way or another , sooner or later . On the other hand , the " envi- ronmental crisis " ( as it was then called ) appeared to be ...
Page ix
... ideas were so compactly expressed that their full implications were not evident . I tried to unpack and air out Leopold's fertile thought in the rapidly expanding debate ( most of which was carried on in the journal Environmental Ethics ...
... ideas were so compactly expressed that their full implications were not evident . I tried to unpack and air out Leopold's fertile thought in the rapidly expanding debate ( most of which was carried on in the journal Environmental Ethics ...
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... ideas . The second section focuses on the Almanac as a whole— its genesis , evolution , elements , and movements . The third sec- tion " wrestle [ s ] with the philosophical questions of Part III " of the Almanac ( viii ) . The fourth ...
... ideas . The second section focuses on the Almanac as a whole— its genesis , evolution , elements , and movements . The third sec- tion " wrestle [ s ] with the philosophical questions of Part III " of the Almanac ( viii ) . The fourth ...
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... idea in its place -- in the history of ideas , as Flader places the per- son in the geocultural history of the land . Nash argues , in sum and substance , that Leopold's land ethic is less original than it is touted to be . Henry David ...
... idea in its place -- in the history of ideas , as Flader places the per- son in the geocultural history of the land . Nash argues , in sum and substance , that Leopold's land ethic is less original than it is touted to be . Henry David ...
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... ideas in one form or another I find in " The Land Ethic " is an open question . The ideas of great philosophers be- come part of our intellectual vocabulary ; and broadly educated people , like Leopold , pick them up , tune them in , in ...
... ideas in one form or another I find in " The Land Ethic " is an open question . The ideas of great philosophers be- come part of our intellectual vocabulary ; and broadly educated people , like Leopold , pick them up , tune them in , in ...
Contents
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| 15 | |
II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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