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1 • Introduction
Environmental Fundamentalism. Unifying Vision of Thoreau and Leopold. Pluralizing Nature

2 • Anthropogenic Nature
Native Americans. Nobel Savage Myth. Modern Humanized Biosphere

3 • Evolving Nature
Dynamic, Naturally Selected. Random, Lucky Humans. Biodiversity. Taxonomy, Social Darwinism

4 • Ecological Nature
Holism, Mechanical, Disturbance. Forests, Farms. Natives. Exotics. Ethics. Leopold

5 • (In)finite Nature
Scarcity. Ultimate Resource. Management Implications. Appropriate Technology. Pandora’s Box. Taking Responsibility

6 • Economic Nature
Manifest Destiny. Livestock. Sustainable Development. Nature’s Services. Greening Capitalism

7 • Healthy Nature
Physical Health. Emotional Health. Risk

In this impassioned and judicious work, R. Bruce Hull argues that environmentalism will never achieve its goals unless it sheds its fundamentalist logic. The movement is too bound up in polarizing ideologies that pit humans against nature, conservation against development, and government regulation against economic growth. Only when we acknowledge the infinite perspectives



on how people should relate to nature will we forge solutions that are respectful to both humanity and the environment.

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