Psychological Benefits of a Wilderness Experience
Psychological Benefits of a Wilderness Experience
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10.1007/978-1-4613-3539-9_6
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发表时间：
1983
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S. Kaplan;J. Talbot
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作者：
S. Kaplan;J. Talbot
走出荒野意味着什么--离开社会，依靠背包里的东西生活一段时间，致力于探索自然世界？原始的自然既美丽又可怕，既可怕又可怕(Burke，1757/1958)。一个人在荒野环境中的经历可能会引起恐慌和恐惧，或者可以激发出一种其他环境中罕见的深刻的宁静与安宁。文化不可避免地将自然的意义和与自然的适当关系作为人类关注的中心(KLuckhohn，1953)。从文化的角度来看，荒野是一个特别重要的自然类别。荒野是她的避难所还是危险？荒野地区是应该保留还是应该开垦？一个人在荒野中的经历是对生活的丰富视角，还是仅仅诱使一个人无视社会的正义要求？对这些问题的文化解释有很大不同(Alt-
What does it mean to go out to the wilderness-to leave society behind and to live for a while on what one carries in a pack, devoting one'stirne to an exploration of the natural world? Untouched nature is both beautiful and terrifying, both awesome and awful (Burke, 1757/1958). A person's experiences in wilderness surroundings can cause panic and fear, or they can inspire a deep sense of tranquility and peace rarely matched in other surroundings. Cultures inevitably speak of the meaning of nature and of the appropriate relationship to nature as being central human concerns (Kluckhohn, 1953). From a cultural point of view, wilderness is a particularly significant category of nature. Does wilderness oHer sanctuary or danger? Should wilderness areas be preserved or plowed over? Does an individual's experience in the wilderness oHer an enriched perspective on life, or does it merely tempt a person to disregard the just claims of society? Cultural interpretations of these issues have been quite varied (Alt-