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Writing a New Environmental Era

Moving forward to nature

By: Ken Hiltner

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Writing a New Environmental Era

Moving forward to nature

By: Ken Hiltner

Writing a New Environmental Era first considers and then rejects back-to-nature thinking and its proponents like Henry David Thoreau, arguing that human beings have never lived at peace with nature. Consequently, we need to stop thinking about going back to what never was and instead work at moving forward to forge a more harmonious relationship with nature in the future. Using the rise of the automobile and climate change denial literature to explore how our current environmental era was written into existence, Ken Hiltner argues that the humanities—and not, as might be expected, the sciences—need to lead us there. In one sense, climate change is caused by a rise in atmospheric CO2 and other so-called greenhouse gases. Science can address this cause. However, approached in another way altogether, climate change is caused by a range of troubling human activities that require the release of these gases, such as our obsessions with cars, lavish houses, air travel and endless consumer goods. The natural sciences may be able to tell us how these activities are changing our climate, but not why we are engaging in them. That’s a job for the humanities and social sciences. As this book argues, we need to see anthropogenic (i.e. human-caused) climate change for what it is and address it as such: a human problem brought about by human actions. A passionate and personal exploration of why the Environmental Humanities matter and why we should be looking forward, not back to nature, this book will be essential reading for all those interested in the future and sustainability of our planet.

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Routledge

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0429631650

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What Else Is Pastoral?

Renaissance Literature and the Environment

By: Ken Hiltner

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What Else Is Pastoral?

Renaissance Literature and the Environment

By: Ken Hiltner

Pastoral was one of the most popular literary forms of early modern England. Inspired by classical and Italian Renaissance antecedents, writers from Ben Jonson to John Beaumont and Abraham Cowley wrote in idealized terms about the English countryside. It is often argued that the Renaissance pastoral was a highly figurative mode of writing that had more to do with culture and politics than with the actual countryside of England. For decades now literary criticism has had it that in pastoral verse, hills and crags and moors were extolled for their metaphoric worth, rather than for their own qualities. In What Else Is Pastoral? Ken Hiltner takes a fresh look at pastoral, offering an environmentally minded reading that reconnects the poems with literal landscapes, not just figurative ones. Considering the pastoral in literature from Virgil and Petrarch to Jonson and Milton, Hiltner proposes a new ecocritical approach to these texts. We only become truly aware of our environment, he explains, when its survival is threatened. As London expanded rapidly during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the city and surrounding rural landscapes began to look markedly different. Hiltner finds that Renaissance writers were acutely aware that the countryside they had known was being lost to air pollution, deforestation, and changing patterns of land use; their works suggest this new absence of nature through their appreciation for the scraps that remained in memory or in fact. A much-needed corrective to the prevailing interpretation of pastoral poetry, What Else Is Pastoral? shows the value of reading literature with an ecological eye.

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Cornell University Press

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080146076X

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9780801460760

Milton and Ecology

By: Ken Hiltner

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Milton and Ecology

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In Milton and Ecology, Ken Hiltner engages with literary, theoretical, and historic approaches to explore the ideological underpinnings of our current environmental crisis. Focusing on Milton's rejection of dualistic theology, metaphysical philosophy, and early-modern subjectivism, Hiltner argues that Milton anticipates certain essential modern ecological arguments. Even more remarkable is that Milton was able to integrate these arguments with biblical sources so seamlessly that his interpretative 'Green' reading of scripture has for over three centuries been entirely plausible. This study considers how Milton, from the earliest edition of the Poems, not only sought to tell the story of how through humanity's folly Paradise on earth was lost, but also sought to tell how it might be regained. This intriguing study will be of interest to eco-critics and Milton specialists alike.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521830710

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Milton and Ecology

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Writing a New Environmental Era

Moving forward to nature

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Soil Ecology

By: Ken Killham

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Soil Ecology

By: Ken Killham

Soil Ecology is an exciting textbook for all those concerned with the environment. The author meets the increasing challenge faced by environmental scientists, ecologists, agriculturalists and biotechnologists for an integrated approach to soil ecology. Intellectually enticing and yet eminently readable, the book sets out both fundamental theory and principle to give the reader a thorough grounding in soil ecology. The author emphasises the interrelations between plants, animals and microbes. The fundamental physical and chemical properties of the soil habitat are clearly set out, enabling the reader to explore and understand the processes of soil nutrient cycling and the ecology of extreme soil environments. The book will appeal to advanced undergraduates and graduates in environmental science, plant science, ecology, microbiology and agriculture.

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0521435218

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What Else is Pastoral?

Renaissance Literature and the Environment

By: Ken Hiltner

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Renaissance Literature and the Environment

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A corrective to the prevailing interpretation of pastoral poetry that shows the value of reading literature ecologically.

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0801449405

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 8

By: Ken Wilber

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 8

By: Ken Wilber

Volume Eight of The Collected Works of Ken Wilber includes: • In The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion (1998), Wilber takes on the centuries-old problem of the relationship between science and religion. After surveying the world's great wisdom traditions and extracting features they all share, he offers compelling arguments that not only are these compatible with scientific truth, they also share a similar scientific method. • One Taste: The Journals of Ken Wilber (1999) is a lively and entertaining glimpse into a year in the life of Ken Wilber—as well as a thought-provoking series of short essays on current trends in spirituality and psychology, daily reflections, meditation experiences, and advice to spiritual seekers.

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Shambhala Publications

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1590303261

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 3

By: Ken Wilber

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 3

By: Ken Wilber

Volume Three of The Collected Works of Ken Wilber includes: • A Sociable God: Toward a New Understanding of Religion (1982) is a scholarly introduction to a psychology and sociology of religion that presents a system of reliable methods by which to determine the authenticity of any religious movement. • Eye to Eye: The Quest for the New Paradigm (1983) examines three realms of knowledge: the empirical realm of the senses, the rational realm of the mind, and the contemplative realm of the spirit. This book includes important essays such as "The Pre/Trans Fallacy" and "A Mandalic Map of Consciousness.

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1590303210

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 7

By: Ken Wilber

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 7

By: Ken Wilber

Volume Seven of The Collected Works of Ken Wilber includes: • A Brief History of Everything (1996) "Combining spiritual sensitivity with enormous intellectual understanding and a style of elegance and clarity, [this book] is a clarion call for seeing the world as a whole."— San Francisco Chronicle . • The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad (1997) uses the spectrum model to create an integral approach to psychology, spirituality, anthropology, cultural studies, and art. • "An Integral Theory of Consciousness," an essay previously unpublished in book form, presents one of the first theories to integrate first-, second-, and third-person accounts of consciousness.

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1590303253

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Walks With A Three-Legged Cat & Other Observations

By: Ken Homer

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Walks With A Three-Legged Cat & Other Observations

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From his vantage point in the historic hamlet of Upper Woodstock, Ken Homer cast a curious gaze on the natural world around him and the rich heritage of the area. His observations inspired captivating essays that he broadcast throughout the Maritimes on CBC Radio. In Walks With A Three-Legged Cat, a selection of Homer's essays from the 1970s and '80s are available in print for the first time. In these essays, Homer curates the treasures of our shared history and unearths our cultural values. He does so in friendly and imaginative language, reflecting his own humour, grace, and humility, while reaffirming the power of the written word. Illustrated by Michael McEwing and including a moving portrait of the author by his son, Stephen, Walks With A Three-Legged Cat demonstrates Homer's skill as an essayist and cements his vital legacy within the history of the St. John River Valley.

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1988299268

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 6

By: Ken Wilber

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 6

By: Ken Wilber

In a tour de force of scholarship and vision, Ken Wilber traces the course of evolution from matter to life to mind. In each case evolution has a "direction," a tendency to produce more highly organized patterns. The "spirit of evolution" lies in its directionality: order out of chaos. After arriving at the emergence of mind, Wilber traces the evolution of human consciousness through its major stages of development, pointing out that at each stage there is the "dialectic of progress"—every increase in consciousness is bought at a price: new freedom also means new license to choose destruction. He particularly focuses on the rise of modernity and post-modernity—what they mean, how they relate to gender issues, to psychotherapy, to ecological concerns, and to various liberation movements. Most important, he asks: Can spiritual concerns be integrated with massive developments of the modern world? This edition is updated and includes a new introduction placing it in the context of the Collected Works .

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1590303245

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber: A brief history of everything ; The eye of spirit

By: Ken Wilber

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By: Ken Wilber

A Brief History of Everything (1996) "Combining spiritual sensitivity with enormous intellectual understanding and a style of elegance and clarity, [this book] is a clarion call for seeing the world as a whole."— San Francisco Chronicle. The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad (1997) uses the spectrum model to create an integral approach to psychology, spirituality, anthropology, cultural studies, and art. "An Integral Theory of Consciousness," an essay previously unpublished in book form, presents one of the first theories to integrate first-, second-, and third-person accounts of consciousness.

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1570625077

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Grace and Grit

By: Ken Wilber

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Grace and Grit

By: Ken Wilber

B & T County 1-9-2002 $19.95.

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Book's by Ken Hiltner

Writing a New Environmental Era

Writing a New Environmental Era

What Else Is Pastoral?

What Else Is Pastoral?

Milton and Ecology

Milton and Ecology

Milton and Ecology

Milton and Ecology

Writing a New Environmental Era

Writing a New Environmental Era

Soil Ecology

Soil Ecology

What Else is Pastoral?

What Else is Pastoral?

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 8

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 8

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 3

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 3

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 7

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 7

Walks With A Three-Legged Cat & Other Observations

Walks With A Three-Legged Cat & Other Observations

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 6

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 6

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber: A brief history of everything ; The eye of spirit

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber: A brief history of everything ; The eye of spirit

Grace and Grit

Grace and Grit

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