Rooted in the Earth: American Nature Writing in the Reimagining of the Common Good
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[1] Universidad de León
Universidad de León
León, España
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- Localización: Political Theory, History, and Modern Practice for the Common Good / coord. por Antonio Cortijo Ocaña, Vicent Martines Peres, 2025, ISBN 979-8-3373-2332-9, págs. 137-164
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This chapter analyzes nature literature in the United States as a form of embodied political thought that impinges on current debates about ecological justice and the common good. It examines the evolution of this tradition from classic authors such as Thoreau, Muir, and Leopold to contemporary voices, highlighting the shift from the self-sufficient individual to a relational ethic of interdependence, reciprocity, and care of place. It addresses feminist, ecocritical and indigenous critiques of the contemplative model and proposes an alternative framework where writing acts as a symbolic technology that reconfigures ecological sensibilities and forms of community. The common good is redefined as a living network between humans, more-than-humans, memories, territories and possible futures. Thus, environmental literature is presented as an ethical and political tool for imagining and building livable worlds.
