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Wisdom In The Open Air: The Norwegian Roots of Deep Ecology

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Wisdom In The Open Air: The Norwegian Roots of Deep Ecology
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Reed
Contributions by David Rothenberg
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreWestern philosophy from c 1900 to now
Environmentalist thought and ideology
Applied ecology
ISBN/Barcode 9780816621828
ClassificationsDewey:333.701
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 1 November 1992
Publication Country United States

Description

"Wisdom in the Open Air" traces the Norwegian roots of the strain of thinking called "deep ecology" - the search for the solutions to environmental problems by examining the fundamental tenets of our culture. Although Arne Naess coined the term in the 1970s, the insights of deep ecology actually reflect a whole tradition of thought that can be seen in the history of Norwegian culture, from ancient mountain myths to the radical ecoactivism of today. Beginning with an introduction to Norway's emphasis on nature and the wild, Reed and Rothenberg explore the birth of the environmental movement in the 1960s and 1970s. What follows is a collection of writings by prominent Norwegian thinkers on humanity and nature, most never before published in English. From Peter Wessel Zapffe, a twentieth-century Kierkegaardian figure, the list goes on to include Arne Naess, activist/critic/artist Sigmund Kvaloy, wilderness educator Nils Faarlund, novelist Finn Alnaes, sociologist Johan Galtung, and social reformer Erik Dammann. Their points of view offer thoughts on the significance of modern life and what it means to be human in the face of deteriorating environmental global trends of the 20th century. "Wisdom in the Open Air" asks and answers a fundamental question concerning the ecomovement: what is the role of deep, often abstract, thinking in the attempt to avert a very real ecological crisis?