A way with nature

Notes on methodology

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ID11416569
AuthorsNoam Gal (0000-0001-6120-9498, Cengage Learning (United States), corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume26
Issue1
Pages120-136
Publication date2012-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Arts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0256-0046 • E-ISSN: 1992-6049
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02560046.2012.663170
OpenAlexW2094486884
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

This essay inquires into the status of the category of nature in contemporary critical theory of culture, as well as the possible environmental consequences of the interpretation of nature representations. By introducing environmental issues to literary analysis, I wish to draw attention to alternative approaches to 'the natural' in the frame of our critical methodologies and pedagogic practices. I borrow Antonio Gramsci's formulations of the 'organic intellectual' in order to suggest connections between teachers and the concept of nature, and between Marxist conceptions of nature/culture and contemporary environmental decline. What could 'the natural' be for the present theory of culture? What could be considered 'natural' in the ways we teach, interpret and teach interpretation? Keywords: cultural studiesenvironmentalismGramsciintellectual historyKafkaliterary eco-criticismMarxismnaturepedagogy

Epistemology · Sociology · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci

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