After preservation : saving American nature in the age of humans
After preservation : saving American nature in the age of humans
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保护之后：在人类时代拯救美国自然
DOI：
10.7208/chicago/9780226260020.001.0001
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发表时间：
2015
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S. Pyne
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B. Minteer;S. Pyne
从约翰·缪尔到《濒危物种法》，美国的环保主义一直有一个接近其核心的环保主义理想。几代人都受到其精神的鼓舞保护自然免受人类发展的影响。但我们必须面对现实。加速的气候变化、快速的城市化、农业和工业的破坏、转移的火灾以及其他加速的人类力量都证明了同一个事实：地球正在经历人类时代。在《自然保护》对我们试图保护和利用自然的方式进行了评估之后，我们提出了一个直接但深刻的问题：在一个似乎不可阻挡的人类发展时代，在一些人所谓的人类世中，自然主义的作用是什么？本·A. Minteer和Stephen J. Pyne汇集了由著名科学家，历史学家，哲学家，环境作家，活动家，政策制定者和土地管理者组成的令人惊叹的声音联盟，以谈判环境保护主义面临的令人难以置信的挑战。一些人呼吁建立一种新的后民主主义模式，一种更加务实和以人为本的模式。另一些人则反驳，主张对人类在地球上的行为有一个更成熟的看法。有些人试图建立一个中间立场，而另一些人则更深入地思考荒野的意义和价值。有些人写的是物种的消失，有些人写的是物种的拯救，还有一些人讨论的是管理我们的土地、水和空气所面临的持久的实际挑战。从充满活力的乐观主义到谨慎的谨慎到批判的怀疑主义，由此产生的一系列方法为现代环保主义的景观提供了鼓舞人心的贡献，一个由我们必须解决的关键问题所驱动的严肃，持续的参与，如果地球要在我们迎来的时代中生存下来。
From John Muir to the Endangered Species Act, environmentalism in America has always had close to its core a preservationist ideal. Generations have been inspired by its ethos-to protect nature from the march of human development. But we have to face the facts. Accelerating climate change, rapid urbanization, agricultural and industrial devastation, metastasizing fire regimes, and other quickening anthropogenic forces all attest to the same truth: the earth is now spinning through the age of humans. After Preservation takes stock of the ways we have tried to both preserve and exploit nature to ask a direct but profound question: what is the role of preservationism in an era of seemingly unstoppable human development, in what some have called the Anthropocene? Ben A. Minteer and Stephen J. Pyne bring together a stunning consortium of voices comprised of renowned scientists, historians, philosophers, environmental writers, activists, policy makers, and land managers to negotiate the incredible challenges that environmentalism faces. Some call for a new, post-preservationist model, one that is far more pragmatic and human-centered. Others push back, arguing for a more chastened vision of human action on the earth. Some try to establish a middle ground, while others ruminate more deeply on the meaning and value of wilderness. Some write on species lost, others on species saved, and yet others discuss the enduring practical challenges of managing our land, water, and air. From spirited optimism to careful prudence to critical skepticism, the resulting range of approaches offers an inspiring contribution to the landscape of modern environmentalism, one driven by serious, sustained engagements with the critical problems we must solve if the planet is going to survive the era we have ushered in.