The Rediscovery of the Wild

by Peter H. Kahn Jr. and Patricia H. Hasbach

Book Overview

A compelling case for connecting with the wild, for our psychological and physical well-being and to flourish as a species We often enjoy the benefits of connecting with nearby, domesticated nature--a city park, a backyard garden. But this book makes the provocative case for the necessity of connecting with wild nature--untamed, unmanaged, not encompassed, self-organizing, and unencumbered and unmediated by technological artifice. We can love the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026201873X
• ISBN13: 9780262018739
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher