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- W2111128035 abstract "This thesis attempts to answer the question, is wilderness? It argues that throughout history, wilderness and human habitation and modifications of it have coexisted, and wilderness has been thought of as both a place of danger and one of refuge, transformation and empowerment. This contradicts both the American so-called Wilderness Idea of wilderness as necessarily uninhabited and significantly unmodified by human beings, and critiques of the entire idea of wilderness as a mere cultural construct that does not reflect physical reality. The Wilderness Idea has been extremely influential for policy, and its application to wilderness preservation across the globe has caused the sometimes violent displacement of human populations with sometimes tragic consequence. Its implementation has also even in some cases damaged the biodiversity it sought to protect. Yet many contemporary definitions of wilderness in theory and practice acknowledge its histories of indigenous occupation. It is found that many of these definitions remain, however, arbitrary and equivocal. It is proposed that wilderness be defined as the kind of environment where nature is out of human control as the dominant shaping factor. In order to overcome the problem of confusion with and attachment to the Received Wilderness Idea, an enquiry is made into what we mean by nature, and the ways in which nature is out of our control. This enquiry reveals the wildness not only of wilderness, but of the human world and human existence, a discovery that allows us to transform ourselves and our environments by letting go of the illusions of control that are destroying wilderness, biodiversity, and human potential." @default.
- W2111128035 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W2111128035 creator A5091693103 @default.
- W2111128035 date "2013-08-01" @default.
- W2111128035 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
- W2111128035 title "Wilderness: Nature Out of Control" @default.
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