tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21152738.post4748149698937249159..comments2024-03-27T07:37:25.421-04:00Comments on Excelsior: On humilityBevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05412883073330413390noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21152738.post-37414963063132177252007-06-17T20:18:00.000-04:002007-06-17T20:18:00.000-04:00Yep, I agree that I should have been there. :) I ...Yep, I agree that I should have been there. :) <BR/><BR/>I don't think Thoreau should be considered strictly a pastoralist, but I do agree that text has been misappropriated... a lot.<BR/><BR/>I wonder about the Muir paper. My thesis is about reappraising Muir in general...I wonder what the person was trying to do with MFS. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for letting me know what it was all about!JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138401393364371648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21152738.post-28858598961761188712007-06-17T18:21:00.000-04:002007-06-17T18:21:00.000-04:00You should have been there: the text was Thoreau's...You should have been there: the text was Thoreau's Walden, and the paper (which was pretty well done) argued that the Sierra Club and Edward Abbey misappropriated Thoreau in support of the wilderness movement when Thoreau should be considered strictly a pastoralist. Another paper in the session attempted a reappraisal of John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra, but I confess that I don't recall the point of that paper. <BR/><BR/>The arguments were presented well, but I get nervous when scholars start congratulating themselves for being more enlightened than their forebears. I doubt that we're as smart as we think we are.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412883073330413390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21152738.post-24238499605028368792007-06-16T07:44:00.000-04:002007-06-16T07:44:00.000-04:00I'm curious as to the specific text...and also sad...I'm curious as to the specific text...and also sad that I'm not at the conference!JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138401393364371648noreply@blogger.com