1. TRAINS IN THE WILDERNESS: THE CORPORATE ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM.
- Author
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DeLuca, Kevin Michael
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ENVIRONMENTALISM , *ENVIRONMENTALISTS , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *ANTI-environmentalism , *ACTIVISTS , *GREEN movement , *CONSERVATION of natural resources , *SOCIAL responsibility of business , *BUSINESS & the environment - Abstract
Environmentalism has been sustained by a mythic discourse about heroic individuals discovering and saving pristine wilderness. Although a successful rhetorical strategy, this mythic discourse erases a complicated history and has significant political costs. Some contemporary wilderness activists are enacting a new wilderness vision that integrates wilderness and social concerns in a way that opens environmentalism to unexpected yet promising alliances with justice activists, unions, and corporations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2001
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