Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysThe first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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I was a concerned citizen, but I was also, more particularly, a challenged philosopher. I asked myself how, as a philosopher, I could contribute to a rethinking of human nature and a reconstruction of human values to help bring them ...
I was a concerned citizen, but I was also, more particularly, a challenged philosopher. I asked myself how, as a philosopher, I could contribute to a rethinking of human nature and a reconstruction of human values to help bring them ...
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Natural (as opposed to artistic or, more technically, ar- tifactual) aesthetics is a persistent concern of the author of A Sand County Almanac. The "esthetic harvest" which land "is capable, under science, of contributing to culture" is ...
Natural (as opposed to artistic or, more technically, ar- tifactual) aesthetics is a persistent concern of the author of A Sand County Almanac. The "esthetic harvest" which land "is capable, under science, of contributing to culture" is ...
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In "The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic" I am as little concerned with material historical influences as with how Leopold synthesized earlier papers to produce his nomothetic essay. It is certain that Leopold read Darwin, ...
In "The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic" I am as little concerned with material historical influences as with how Leopold synthesized earlier papers to produce his nomothetic essay. It is certain that Leopold read Darwin, ...
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When the time came for Carl to make his way in the world, he went east to Burlington to attend business school, and he eventually became a traveling salesman for a local hardware concern, riding by buck- board out to the islands of ...
When the time came for Carl to make his way in the world, he went east to Burlington to attend business school, and he eventually became a traveling salesman for a local hardware concern, riding by buck- board out to the islands of ...
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Carl Leopold gave to all his children a more than passing concern for the natural world. On hunts, picnics, fishing trips, or simple walks, he was the all-purpose guide, explainer of mysteries, and instiller of ethics and sportsmanship.
Carl Leopold gave to all his children a more than passing concern for the natural world. On hunts, picnics, fishing trips, or simple walks, he was the all-purpose guide, explainer of mysteries, and instiller of ethics and sportsmanship.
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Contents
| 3 | |
| 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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| Title | Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays |
| Author | J. Baird Callicott |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0299112330, 9780299112332 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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