1st Edition

Nature's Ideological Landscape A Literary and Geographic Perspective on its Development and Preservation on Denmark's Jutland Heath

By Kenneth Olwig Copyright 1984
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1984 Nature’s Ideological Language examines the common ideological roots of environmental reclamation and nature preservation. In the general context of European, British and American historical experience, the Jutland heaths of Denmark are taken as a concrete example for a general critique of European and American policy concerning the use of landscape. Two sets of... Read more

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Introduction

1. The Morphology of the Ideological Landscape

2. The Nature of Gothic Jutland

3. Nature as Wilderness Landscape: Ossian’s and Blicher’s Heath

4. The Politics of Landscape

5. The "Heath Cause"

6. Divergent Views of the Heath

7. Conclusion: Nature’s Ideological Landscape Today

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Kenneth Olwig