Wilderness Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9686183 |
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| Authors | Hannah Gay (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 661-676 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s001221730001074x |
| OpenAlex | W4250618735 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Environmental issues are high on today's political agenda. Why we have landed in our present undesirable, and possibly even dangerous, situation and how we should act differently in the future, are questions central to our time. Max Oelschlaeger joins the current debate on both these questions. As historian he examines the roots of our environmental problems and looks, in some detail, at the history of wilderness as an idea. As philosopher he outlines some of the principal positions taken by eco-philosophers towards wilderness and its preservation; he also presents his own views
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security) · Sociology · Wilderness · Computer Science · Ecology · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Law · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Highly cited | No |
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