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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824133703321

Autore

Bowman Joshua J.

Titolo

Imagination and environmental political thought : the aftermath of Thoreau / / Joshua J. Bowman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-5903-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages)

Collana

Politics, Literature, and Film

Disciplina

818.309

Soggetti

Philosophy of nature - United States

Environmentalism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Politics and imagination -- Imagination and environmental political thought -- Life with principle : Thoreau and political morality -- Resistance and right -- Life with people : Thoreau on friendship and community -- Thoreau and the Arcadian longing -- Thoreau, the Arcadian exile -- Infinite Arcadia -- Arcadian ecology.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book explores and evaluates Henry David Thoreau's political thought through the lens of a theory of imagination and considers his legacy for later environmental thought. This book will interest anyone curious about Thoreau's relationship to environmentalism and the intersection of environmental humanities and politics"--