Wisdom In The Open Air: The Norwegian Roots of Deep Ecology

by Peter Reed (Editor), David Rothenberg (Editor)

Contents:

1. Introduction: Deep Ecology from Summit to Blockade
2. Peter Wessel Zapffe. The Last Messiah. Farewell, Norway. Poems.
3. Arne Naess. Intrinsic Value: Will the Defenders of Nature. Please Rise. The Politics of the Deep Ecology Movement. Everything Really Important Is Dangerous.
4. Sigmund Kvaloy. Complexity and Time: Breaking the Pyramid's Reign. Getting Our Feet Wet.
5. Nils Faarlund. A Way Home. Touch the Earth.
6. Finn Alnaes. The Way of Two-ness.
7. Johan Galtung. Development Theory: Notes on an Alternative Approach.
8. Erik Dammann and The Future in Our Hands. The Future in Our Hands: Its Conceptions, Aims, and Strategies.
9. Conclusion: Deep Ecology as a Force for Change.

272 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1992

About the author

Peter Reed received a Fullbright fellowship for research in Norwegian ecophilosophy after graduating from Bowdoin College in 1984. He was a research associate at the Council for Environmental Studies in Oslo at the time of his death in a mountaineering accident in 1987.