Wildness: Relations of People and Place

by Enrique Salmón

Book Overview

Whether referring to a place, a nonhuman animal or plant, or a state of mind, wild indicates autonomy and agency, a will to be, a unique expression of life. Yet two contrasting ideas about wild nature permeate contemporary discussions: either that nature is most wild in the absence of a defiling human presence, or that nature is completely humanized and nothing is truly wild.

This book charts a different path. Exploring how people can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022644483X
• ISBN13: 9780226444833
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"