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  1. Democracy and the Claims of Nature: Critical Perspectives for a New Century.Wilson Carey McWilliams, Bob Pepperman Taylor, Bryan G. Norton, Robyn Eckersley, Joe Bowersox, J. Baird Callicott, Catriona Sandilands, John Barry, Andrew Light, Peter S. Wenz, Luis A. Vivanco, Tim Hayward, John O'Neill, Robert Paehlke, Timothy W. Luke, Robert Gottlieb & Charles T. Rubin (eds.) - 2002 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
    In Democracy and the Claims of Nature, the leading thinkers in the fields of environmental, political, and social theory come together to discuss the tensions and sympathies of democratic ideals and environmental values. The prominent contributors reflect upon where we stand in our understanding of the relationship between democracy and the claims of nature. Democracy and the Claims of Nature bridges the gap between the often competing ideals of the two fields, leading to a greater understanding of each for the (...)
     
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    John Dewey and environmental thought.Bob Pepperman Taylor - 1990 - Environmental Ethics 12 (2):175-184.
    In response to Chaloupka’s discussion of Dewey’s “social aesthetics,” I argue, first, that Chaloupka has failed to fully appreciate the democratic, political foundation of Dewey’s aesthetic sensibility and, second, that his description of Dewey’s naturalism is ambiguous and misleading. I conclude that Dewey does have things to say to environmental thinkers, but that his views regarding environmental issues are much less unique than Chaloupka suggests. His work stands more as a democratic challenge to environmentalists than as a guide for their (...)
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    Henry Thoreau, nature, and american democracy.Bob Pepperman Taylor - 1994 - Journal of Social Philosophy 25 (1):46-64.
    In a famous passage from “Slavery In Massachusetts,” Thoreau writes, “The remembrance of my country spoils my walk. My thoughts are murder to the State, and involuntarily go plotting against her.”1 Here is Thoreau the anarchist, the misanthrope, the self-righteous angry young man, as he is so often portrayed in the secondary literature. It would be easy to consider the issue resolved: the conventional wisdom about Thoreau's misanthropy and anarchism are demonstrated, and there is little more to say. It would (...)
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    The Routledge Guidebook to Thoreau's Civil Disobedience.Bob Pepperman Taylor - 2014 - Routledge.
    Since its publication in 1849, Henry David Thoreau’s _Civil Disobedience _has influenced protestors, activists and political thinkers all over the world. Including the full text of Thoreau’s essay, _The Routledge Guidebook to Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience _explores the context of his writing, analyses different interpretations of the text and considers how posthumous edits to _Civil Disobedience_ have altered its intended meaning. It introduces the reader to: the context of Thoreau’s work and the background to his writing the significance of the references (...)
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    Book Review: Thoreau's Importance for Philosophy. [REVIEW]Bob Pepperman Taylor - 2013 - Environmental Values 22 (3):429-432.
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    Book review: Price, Principle, and the Environment by Mark Sagoff, Cambridge. UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 284 pp. ISBN 0-5021-83723-5. [REVIEW]Bob Pepperman Taylor - 2005 - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 18 (5):515-520.
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    Book Review: Thoreauvian Modernities: Transatlantic Conversations on an American Icon. [REVIEW]Bob Pepperman Taylor - 2013 - Environmental Values 22 (5):670-672.
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