ISBN:
9780262312820
,
0262312824
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rediscovery of the wild
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Human beings Effect of environment on
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Human ecology Philosophy
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Philosophy of nature
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Mind and body
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Wilderness areas
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Human ecology Philosophy
;
Human beings Effect of environment on
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
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NATURE ; Essays
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Human beings ; Effect of environment on
;
Human ecology ; Philosophy
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Mind and body
;
Philosophy of nature
;
Wilderness areas
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"We often enjoy the benefits of connecting with nearby, domesticated nature -- a city park, a backyard garden. But this book makes the provocative case for the necessity of connecting with wild nature -- untamed, unmanaged, not encompassed, self-organizing, and unencumbered and unmediated by technological artifice. We can love the wild. We can fear it. We are strengthened and nurtured by it. As a species, we came of age in a natural world far wilder than today's, and much of the need for wildness still exists within us, body and mind. The Rediscovery of the Wild considers ways to engage with the wild, protect it, and recover it -- for our psychological and physical well-being and to flourish as a species. The contributors offer a range of perspectives on the wild, discussing such topics as the evolutionary underpinnings of our need for the wild; the wild within, including the primal passions of sexuality and aggression; birding as a portal to wildness; children's fascination with wild animals; wildness and psychological healing; the shifting baseline of what we consider wild; and the true work of conservation."--Publisher's description
Abstract:
Quantifying wildness : a scientist's lessons about wolves and wild nature / Cristina Eisenberg -- The wild and the self / Jack Turner -- The old rules / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas -- Wild wings / Bridget Stutchbury -- Children and wild animals / Gail F. Melson -- Living out of our minds / G.A. Bradshaw -- A wild psychology / Ian McCallum -- Culture and the wild / E.N. Anderson -- Five feathers for the cannot club / Dave Foreman -- The rewilding of the human species / Peter H. Kahn, Jr. and Patricia H. Hasbach.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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