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The interrelationships of nature based on Thoreau's Walden and Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis

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dc.contributor.authorMeyers, Amandaen
dc.contributor.committeechairBork, Dean R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJacobson, Wendy R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBarrow, Mark V. Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentLandscape Architectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:37:59Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:37:59Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-11en
dc.date.sdate2009-06-11en
dc.description.abstractJames Lovelock and Henry Thoreau propose a world view based on the connections between an individual and their personal landscape. This viewpoint is an alternative to the more prevalent world view of our mass society. The pervasive outlook disregards these connections and concentrates instead on isolationism. By viewing elements of the natural world as isolated entities, individuals are unable to comprehend the larger context, or environment of which these entities are a part. William James, a philosopher of the early twentieth century, poses a philosophical foundation which reinforces Lovelock's and Thoreau's ideas. James' philosophy is "pragmatism, proposing ideas of relational thinking and the absence of absolutes. Lovelock and Thoreau il1ustrate the philosophy of James in the exploration of three concepts: (1) Beauty; (2) Spirituality; and, (3) Human Experience and Knowledge. The acknowledgment and internalization of these concepts leads to a different understanding of an individual's place in the world. Since this conception is not the prevalent viewpoint of the general public, this difference has the potential of creating a communication gap between student and professor, and between landscape architect and client. The implications of this communication gap are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Landscape Architectureen
dc.format.extent31 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06112009-063601en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06112009-063601/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43170en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.M494.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 32341988en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.M494en
dc.subject.lcshGaia hypothesisen
dc.subject.lcshHuman ecology -- Philosophyen
dc.titleThe interrelationships of nature based on Thoreau's Walden and Lovelock's Gaia hypothesisen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineLandscape Architectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Landscape Architectureen

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