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by: Scott Slovic
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 810.936
EAN: 9780874177565
ISBN: 0874177561
Label: University of Nevada Press
Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: August 08, 2008
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Sales Rank: 722989
Studio: University of Nevada Press
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In Going Away to Think, ecocritic Scott Slovic offers a selection of seventeen essays that include travel narratives, meditations on the social role of ecological literary criticism, responses to socially engaged literary and scholarly texts, and demonstrations of the author’s own forays into literary activism.
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Rating: - A series of articulate essays pondering the importance of balance and the environment
Personal indulgence and being environmentally friendly are often mutual exclusive. "Going Away to Think: Engagement, Retreat, and Ecocritical Responsibility" by Scott Slovic is one dedicated environmentalist's insightful ponderings about the world around him and how so often personal and societal indulgence leads to environmental turmoil, such as the high amount of jet fuel that airliners require and the damage this does to the ozone layer. A series of articulate essays pondering the importance of ... Read More
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