RT Book
T1 Thoreau's religion: Walden woods, social justice, and the politics of asceticism
T2 New Cambridge studies in religion and critical thought
A1 Balthrop-Lewis, Alda ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1748370235
AB 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.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2021)
SN 9781108891608
SN 9781108835107
SN 9781108799676
K1 Thoreau, Henry David : 1817-1862 : Religion
K1 Thoreau, Henry David ; 1817-1862 ; Religion
DO 10.1017/9781108891608