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Article: No Man's Garden: Thoreau and a New Vision for Civilization and Nature by Daniel B. Botkin $24.94.(Review)
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- American Forests
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- June 22, 2001
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The title of this book could well be, "Thoreau as Metaphor; Botkin's Vision for Civilization and Nature," since Botkin explores the life of Henry David Thoreau only "as a metaphor" for finding a better way to understand humanity's relationship to the natural world.
Botkin rejects the popular notion that Thoreau advocated abandonment of civilization and a return to nature. instead, he argues that nature and civilization are one system. The "new vision" he proposes is his interpretation of Thoreau's path to understanding ...
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