
Is Wildness Over?
Paul Wapner(Author)
Polity Press
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2020
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-5095-3211-7 (ISBN)
Description
Wildness was once integral to our ancestor's lives as they struggled to survive in an unpredictable environment. Today, most of us live in relative stability insulated from the vicissitudes of nature. Wildness is over, right?
Wrong, argues leading environmental scholar Paul Wapner. Wildness may have disappeared from our immediate lives, but it's been catapulted up to the global level. The planet itself has gone into spasm - calving glaciers, wildfires, heatwaves, mass extinction, and rising oceans all represent the new face of wildness.
Rejecting paths offered by geoengineering and de-extinction to bring the Earth under control, Wapner calls instead for 'rewilding'. This involves relinquishing the desire for comfort at all costs and welcoming greater uncertainty into our own lives. To save ourselves from global ruin, it is time to stop sanitizing and exerting mastery over the world and begin living humbly in it.
Wrong, argues leading environmental scholar Paul Wapner. Wildness may have disappeared from our immediate lives, but it's been catapulted up to the global level. The planet itself has gone into spasm - calving glaciers, wildfires, heatwaves, mass extinction, and rising oceans all represent the new face of wildness.
Rejecting paths offered by geoengineering and de-extinction to bring the Earth under control, Wapner calls instead for 'rewilding'. This involves relinquishing the desire for comfort at all costs and welcoming greater uncertainty into our own lives. To save ourselves from global ruin, it is time to stop sanitizing and exerting mastery over the world and begin living humbly in it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5095-3211-7 (9781509532117)
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Person
Paul Wapner is Professor in the School of International Service at American University.
Content
Table of contents:Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Brave New Wild
Chapter 2: Wild Modernity
Chapter 3: Wild Climate
Chapter 4: Wild Emptiness
Chapter 5: Rewilding
Chapter 6: Wild Ethics
Further Reading
References
Chapter 1: Brave New Wild
Chapter 2: Wild Modernity
Chapter 3: Wild Climate
Chapter 4: Wild Emptiness
Chapter 5: Rewilding
Chapter 6: Wild Ethics
Further Reading
References