Corridors in Conservation and Philosophy

My thesis focuses on philosophical themes implicit in corridor conservation, using the Big Thicket National Preserve as an example. The way in which corridors, boundaries and communities are ambiguous, as both limits and connections, is dealt with. Corridor-patch matrices assemble ecological and human groups into temporary communities, often with conflicting interests. Such constellations foreground how a foreigner's boundary crossing is a notion important to both conservation and a philosophical study of being, seen as being always in relation with otherness. In this context, the notion of foreignness and Jean-Luc Nancy's idea of being-with is explored. Understanding the complex network of relations in which an entity exists leads to an awareness of its ambiguous nature. To facilitate judgment with such ambiguity, one needs a contextual understanding of a situation.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Benton, Christine S.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Klaver, Irene
• Gunter, P. A. Y, 1936-
• Callicott, J. Baird

• Corridors (Ecology)
• Wildlife conservation.
• Environmental ethics.
• Big Thicket National Preserve (Tex.)
• foreigner
• corridor conservation
• boundaries
• ambiguity
• environmental philosophy
• Jean-Luc Nancy
• Bonnie Honig
• being-with

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Benton, Christine S.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53314934
untcat: b2558606
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