Module 4 Readings Wilderness
- Due Jan 29, 2018 by 11:59pm
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Unit II Power
Module 4: Humans’ place in “wilderness”
Required Readings & Videos:
- John Locke “The Second Treatise of Civil Government Links to an external site.” 1690. Chapter V. Of Property. Sec. 25 - 34
- John Muir, “Hetch Hetchy Valley Links to an external site.” (skim, 1 page)
- Arne Naess Deep Ecology Links to an external site. (skim, 1 page)
- Ramachandra Guha, “Radical Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A third world critique” (on Canvas under Files. Read carefully: pages 1-6)
- W Cronan, “The Trouble with Wilderness or getting back to the wrong nature Links to an external site.” (skim: 7-10, 15-19, 21-25)
- Hoffman & Sandelands “Getting right with nature: Anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, and theocentrism Links to an external site.” in Organization & Environment, 2005. (skim: 1-13, 22-27, 33) (A Christian Catholic perspective)
- Senator Lisa Murkowski, “Opening ANWR to exploration benefits state Links to an external site.” 2017 (1 page)
- Sabrina Shankman “12 House Republicans Urge Congress to Cut ANWR Oil Drilling from Tax Bill Links to an external site.” 2017 (1 page)
Optional Readings
- Baid Callicott. “A Critique of and alternative to the wilderness idea Links to an external site.”
- Reed Noss, “Wilderness – now more than ever. A Response to Callicott” Links to an external site.
- Andrew Light “The Urban blind spot in Environmental Ethics Links to an external site.”
- Denevan, W. M. (1992). “The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492 Links to an external site.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 82(3), 369-385.
- Haddad, B. M. (2003). Property rights, ecosystem management, and John Locke's labor theory of ownership Links to an external site.. Ecological economics, 46(1), 19-31. doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00079-X
Estimated time: 3-4 hours (50 pages focused reading). I know this looks like a lot, but you are just reading a few pages of each article, enough to see the flow of conversation between them. We will focus on Guha and Cronan's critique of the idea of "wilderness." The other articles give you background to understand this critique.