Description
| Product ID: | 9781108835107 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | New Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought |
| Title: | Thoreau's Religion |
| Subtitle: | Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism |
| Authors: | Author: Alda Balthrop-Lewis |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religion and beliefs, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Religion & beliefs, Environmentalist thought & ideology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Contributes to scholarship in religious studies, political theory, English, environmental studies, and critical theory with the first reading of Thoreau's religiously motivated politics. Against interpretations that promote quietist versions of environmentalism, Balthrop-Lewis shows how Walden can contribute to efforts for environmental justice. Thoreau''s Religion presents a ground-breaking interpretation of Henry David Thoreau''s most famous book, Walden. Rather than treating Walden Woods as a lonely wilderness, Balthrop-Lewis demonstrates that Thoreau''s ascetic life was a form of religious practice dedicated to cultivating a just, multispecies community. The book makes an important contribution to scholarship in religious studies, political theory, English, environmental studies, and critical theory by offering the first sustained reading of Thoreau''s religiously motivated politics. In Balthrop-Lewis''s vision, practices of renunciation like Thoreau''s can contribute to the reformation of social and political life. In this, the book transforms Thoreau''s image, making him a vital source for a world beset by inequality and climate change. Balthrop-Lewis argues for an environmental politics in which ecological flourishing is impossible without economic and social justice. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-01-21 |