{"product_id":"the-world-in-which-we-neil-w-browne-9780817315818","title":"The World in Which We Occur: John Dewey, Pragmatist Ecology, and American Ecological Writing in the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere nature meets democracy--John Dewey's vision for a more connected world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican philosopher John Dewey considered all human endeavors to be one with the natural world. In his writings, particularly \u003ci\u003eArt as Experience\u003c\/i\u003e (1934), Dewey insists on the primacy of the environment in aesthetic experience. Dewey's conception of environment includes both the natural and the man-made. \u003ci\u003eThe World in Which We Occur \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights this notion in order to define \"pragmatist ecology,\" a practice rooted in the interface of the cultural and the natural. Neil Browne finds this to be a significant feature of some of the most important ecological writing of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo fully understand human involvement in the natural world, Browne argues that disciplinary boundaries must be opened, with profound implications for the practice of democracy. The degradation of the physical environment and democratic decay, for Browne, are rooted in the same problem: our persistent belief that humans are somehow separate from their physical environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowne probes the work of a number of major American writers through the lens of Dewey's philosophy. Among other texts examined are John Muir's \u003ci\u003eMy First Summer in the Sierra\u003c\/i\u003e (1911); \u003ci\u003eSea of Cortez\u003c\/i\u003e (1941) by John Steinbeck and Edward Ricketts; Rachel Carson's three books about the sea, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sea-Wind\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Around Us\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), and \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (1955); John Haines's \u003ci\u003eThe Stars, the Snow, the Fire \u003c\/i\u003e(1989); Barry Lopez's \u003ci\u003eArctic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e (1986); and Terry Tempest Williams's \u003ci\u003eRefuge \u003c\/i\u003e(1991). Together, these texts--with their combinations of scientific observation and personal meditation--challenge the dichotomies that we have become accustomed and affirm the principles of a pragmatist ecology, one in which ecological and democratic values go hand in hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil W. Browne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817315810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817315818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 7.22w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Oregon Book Awards - Finalist","brand":"Neil W. Browne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086956081407,"sku":"9780817315818","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c77e15d5-c453-4dc8-a44d-70e7b43caab4.jpg?v=1769097467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-in-which-we-neil-w-browne-9780817315818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}