
Crazy Mountains
Learning from Wilderness to Weigh Technology
David Strong(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 2. November 1995
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7914-2651-7 (ISBN)
Description
Reality is slipping away, writes David Strong in Crazy Mountains, and is being eroded by a glut of technological devices and commodities. But all is not lost if we learn to care for the things at the center of the good life.
Written in the tradition of Walden and A River Runs Through It with philosophical clarity and literary power, this book opens with a vivid account of the Crazy Mountains of Montana, an island of high, craggy peaks, forest, meadows, and rushing streams, surrounded by the sweep of the high plains. A newly-bulldozed road and a planned timber sale jeopardize the wild character of the range and trigger the wide-ranging reflections of this remarkable book.
Technology is transforming Earth in increasingly extensive ways, and Strong urges us to awaken from the spell of technology-from the unexamined belief that its devices and commodities make our lives good. He warns that even an environmental ethic can be subverted by the glamorous pull of the consumer culture. From wilderness we learn what things are real and how this reality can re-order our lives, our communities, and our nation. We learn another way to be.
This is a one-of-a-kind book. It soars gracefully, yet presents a comprehensive vision of the challenge wilderness offers to our contemporary culture.
Written in the tradition of Walden and A River Runs Through It with philosophical clarity and literary power, this book opens with a vivid account of the Crazy Mountains of Montana, an island of high, craggy peaks, forest, meadows, and rushing streams, surrounded by the sweep of the high plains. A newly-bulldozed road and a planned timber sale jeopardize the wild character of the range and trigger the wide-ranging reflections of this remarkable book.
Technology is transforming Earth in increasingly extensive ways, and Strong urges us to awaken from the spell of technology-from the unexamined belief that its devices and commodities make our lives good. He warns that even an environmental ethic can be subverted by the glamorous pull of the consumer culture. From wilderness we learn what things are real and how this reality can re-order our lives, our communities, and our nation. We learn another way to be.
This is a one-of-a-kind book. It soars gracefully, yet presents a comprehensive vision of the challenge wilderness offers to our contemporary culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 0
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-2651-7 (9780791426517)
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Person
David Strong is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rocky Mountain College.
Content
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Spell of Technology
1. The Crazy Mountains
2. The Danger to the Crazy Mountains
3. The Environmentalist's Reply
4. The Other Story
5. The Technological Subversion of Environmental Ethics
6. Granting the Thing its Eloquence
Part II: Learning from Wilderness
7. To Listen Again
8. To Consider Things Again
9. To Experience Things Again
10. To Experience Wilderness
11. To Speak Again
12. To Build Again
Notes
Index
Part I: The Spell of Technology
1. The Crazy Mountains
2. The Danger to the Crazy Mountains
3. The Environmentalist's Reply
4. The Other Story
5. The Technological Subversion of Environmental Ethics
6. Granting the Thing its Eloquence
Part II: Learning from Wilderness
7. To Listen Again
8. To Consider Things Again
9. To Experience Things Again
10. To Experience Wilderness
11. To Speak Again
12. To Build Again
Notes
Index