Thoreau's Importance for Philosophy

Contents

Contents  1. Locating Thoreau, Reorienting Philosophy James D. Reid, Rick Anthony Furtak, and Jonathan Ellsworth 1 2. Thoreau and Emersonian Perfectionism Stanley Bates 14 3. Thoreau and the Body Russell B. Goodman 31 4. Speaking Extravagantly: Philosophical Territory and Eccentricity in Walden James D. Reid 43 5. In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World: Thoreau’s Environmental Ethics Philip J. Cafaro 68 6. Articulating a Huckleberry Cosmos: Thoreau’s Moral Ecology of Knowledge Laura Dassow Walls 91 7. The Value of Being: Thoreau on Appreciating the Beauty of the World Rick Anthony Furtak 112 8. Thoreau’s Moral Epistemology and Its Contemporary Relevance Alfred I. Tauber 127 viii contents 9. How Walden Works: Thoreau and the Socratic Art of Provocation Jonathan Ellsworth 143 10. Wonder and Affliction: Thoreau’s Dionysian World Edward F. Mooney 159 11. An Emerson Gone Mad: Thoreau’s American Cynicism Douglas R. Anderson 185 12. Henry David Thoreau: The Asian Thread Robert Kuhn McGregor 201 13. The Impact of Thoreau’s Political Activism Paul Friedrich 218 14. Walden Revisited: An Interview with Stanley Cavell Interviewed by Rick Anthony Furtak 223 Notes 239 List of Contributors 295 Index 298 thoreau’s importance for philosophy  ...