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"As Western civilization cleared its space in the midst of the forests, it projected into the sylvan darkness its secret and innermost anxieties; in the forest's shadow we find enchantment, terror, and irony. In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently." "Harrison offers a richly detailed account of how the governing institutions of the West--from religion to law, family to…
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4 editions- Paperback · English · 1993University Of Chicago Press · 304 pages · 9780226318073
- Hardcover · English · 1992University Of Chicago Press · 304 pages · 9780226318066
- Other · English · 2014University of Chicago Press · 9781282646315
- Other · English · 2009University of Chicago Press · 9780226318059
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