ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book aims to introduce to a larger audience issues that are too often limited to scholarly circles. A thought-provoking collection of essays by some of the environmental movement's preeminent thinkers, The Wilderness Condition explores the dynamic tension between wild nature and civilization, offering insights into why the relationship has become adversarial and suggesting creative means for reconciliation. Contributors include Paul Shepard, Curt Meine, Max Oelschlaeger, and George Sessions.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Jonathan Barnett is an emeritus Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning, and former director of the Urban Design Program, at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an architect and planner as well as an educator, and is the author of numerous books and articles on the theory and practice of city design. Along with PennDesign colleagues Gary Hack and Stefan Al, he teaches an on-line course, Designing Cities, available on Coursera.
Larry Beasley is the retired Chief Planner for the City of Vancouver. He is now the “Distinguished Practice Professor of Planning” at the University of British Columbia and the founding principal of Beasley and Associates, an international planning consultancy. He is a Member of the Order of Canada, his country’s premier civilian honor for lifetime achievement.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: The Wilderness Condition Today \ Max Oelschlaeger

Chapter 1. The Etiquette of Freedom \ Gary Snyder
Chapter 2. A Post-Historic Primitivism \ Paul Shepard
Chapter 3. Ecocenbism, Wilderness, and Global Ecosystem Protection \ George Sessions
Chapter 4. The Utility of Presetvation and the Presetvation of Utility: Leopold's Fine Line \ Curt Meine
Chapter 5. Perceiving the Good \ Erazim Koluik
Chapter 6. A Brittle Thesis: A Ghost Dance: A Flower Opening \ Michael P. Cohen
Chapter 7. The Disembodied Parasite and Other Tragedies; or: Modem Western Philosophy and How to Get Out of It \ Pete A. Y. Gunter
Chapter 8. Not Laws of Nature But Li (Pattern) of Nature \ Dolores LaChapelle
Chapter 9. The Blessing of Otherness: Wilderness and the Human Condition \ Michael Zimmerman
Chapter 10. Wilderness, Civilization, and Language \ Max Oelschlaeger

Appendices \ Paul Shepard
Notes
Notes on Contributors

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