쏘로우의 자연관과 그 현대성 (Thoreau’s View of Nature and Its Modernity)

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In this essay, modernity in the view of nature is defined as a dynamic interaction between eco-centrism and anthropocentrism. And environmental pragmatism the rationale of which is rooted in ‘experience' might articulate those binary positions either of whose logics cannot avoid a fundamentalist view of the world.
Thoreau's view of nature anticipates environmental pragmatism in that it is formulated through his nature-experiencing whereas he never rejects the transcendentalist view of nature. But his experience-based concept of nature is significantly differentiated from the Emersonian transcendentalist view of nature whose logic is fixed to an a priori reasoning. Therefore, it could be said that Thoreau invites dynamic dialogues in terms of nature-perception while Emerson presses his readers with a coercive view of nature.

영어초록

In this essay, modernity in the view of nature is defined as a dynamic interaction between eco-centrism and anthropocentrism. And environmental pragmatism the rationale of which is rooted in ‘experience' might articulate those binary positions either of whose logics cannot avoid a fundamentalist view of the world.
Thoreau's view of nature anticipates environmental pragmatism in that it is formulated through his nature-experiencing whereas he never rejects the transcendentalist view of nature. But his experience-based concept of nature is significantly differentiated from the Emersonian transcendentalist view of nature whose logic is fixed to an a priori reasoning. Therefore, it could be said that Thoreau invites dynamic dialogues in terms of nature-perception while Emerson presses his readers with a coercive view of nature.

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