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
... hand , the " envi- ronmental crisis " ( as it was then called ) appeared to be ubiq- uitous in scope , gargantuan in scale , and protracted in duration . Its dimensions — and character — appeared to me to shake West- ern cultural values ...
... hand , the " envi- ronmental crisis " ( as it was then called ) appeared to be ubiq- uitous in scope , gargantuan in scale , and protracted in duration . Its dimensions — and character — appeared to me to shake West- ern cultural values ...
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... hand . Most of them are included in this volume . Writing in the mid - seventies , Peter Fritzell complained about this circumstance : Despite [ Sand County's ] popularity and reasonable longevity . . . no scientist has considered it ...
... hand . Most of them are included in this volume . Writing in the mid - seventies , Peter Fritzell complained about this circumstance : Despite [ Sand County's ] popularity and reasonable longevity . . . no scientist has considered it ...
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... hand , is much more than Aldo Leopold ; it has achieved the independent life of all great art and philosophy . But to better understand a book , it is more than a little helpful to become acquainted , at the outset , with its author ...
... hand , is much more than Aldo Leopold ; it has achieved the independent life of all great art and philosophy . But to better understand a book , it is more than a little helpful to become acquainted , at the outset , with its author ...
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... hand , may wish that Professor Nash had given more attention to the very great theoretical differences among the sentiency - based humane ethics of Darwin , Salt and Evans , the neo - Kantian " reverence - for - life " ethic of Albert ...
... hand , may wish that Professor Nash had given more attention to the very great theoretical differences among the sentiency - based humane ethics of Darwin , Salt and Evans , the neo - Kantian " reverence - for - life " ethic of Albert ...
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... hand , belong to us as moral agents and ecosystems are specifiable , albeit complex , structures . ) Holmes Rolston , III , is uniquely qualified to explore the van- guard philosophical problems of duties to ecosystems . He is II ...
... hand , belong to us as moral agents and ecosystems are specifiable , albeit complex , structures . ) Holmes Rolston , III , is uniquely qualified to explore the van- guard philosophical problems of duties to ecosystems . He is II ...
Contents
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II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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