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By FranCois Specq,Laura Dassow Walls,Michel Granger,Bruno Monfort,Christian Maul,David Dowling,David Robinson,Dieter Schulz,Henrik Otterberg,Joseph Urbas,Kristen Case,Michael Jonik,Michel Imbert,Randall Conrad,Thomas Pughe,William Rossi,François Specq,Laura

Does Thoreau belong to the previous or to the long run? rather than canonizing him as a celebrant of “pure” nature except the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities demonstrate edgier features of his work—how Thoreau is ready to unsettle in addition to encourage and the way he's in a position to specialise in either the undying and the well timed. participants from the USA and Europe discover Thoreau’s modernity and provides a much-needed reassessment of his paintings in an international context.

The first of 3 sections, “Thoreau and (Non)Modernity,” perspectives Thoreau as a social philosopher who set himself opposed to the “modern” currents of his day even whereas contributing to the emergence of a brand new period. via wondering where of people within the social, financial, average, and metaphysical order, he ushered in a rethinking of humanity’s position within the wildlife that nurtured the environmental move. the second one part, “Thoreau and Philosophy,” examines Thoreau’s writings in gentle of the philosophy of his time in addition to present philosophical debates. part 3, “Thoreau, Language, and the Wild,” facilities on his dating to wild nature in its philosophical, medical, linguistic, and literary dimensions. jointly, those 16 essays display Thoreau’s relevance to a couple of fields, together with technological know-how, philosophy, aesthetics, environmental ethics, political technology, and animal studies.

Thoreauvian Modernities posits that it's the germinating energy of Thoreau’s thought—the problem it poses to our personal considering and its potential to deal with urgent matters in a brand new way—that defines his enduring relevance and his modernity.

Contributors: Kristen Case, Randall Conrad, David Dowling, Michel Granger, Michel Imbert, Michael Jonik, Christian Maul, Bruno Monfort, Henrik Otterberg, Tom Pughe, David M. Robinson, William Rossi, Dieter Schulz, François Specq, Joseph Urbas, Laura Dassow Walls.

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