Thoreau’s Eco-Holism Thoughts in Walden

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.508How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Eco-holism

Abstract

Walden records Thoreau’s life experience besides Walden Pond and embodies Thoreau’s ecological thoughts. This paper analyses the eco-holism of Thoreau in Walden and the significance of this thought in the relation between man and nature. Thoreau emphasizes that human beings, as an important part of nature, should live in harmony with nature and respect the inherent value and diversity of life; Also, he holds that it is nature’s creativity that drives the whole development of ecological system forward and that human’s creativity can’t be separated from wilderness’ creativity. Thoreau’s eco-holism thoughts contribute to eliminating anthropocentrism, activate man to penetrate into the nature and settle the contradictions with nature.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Minglan Zhang
AU  - Fa-de Wang
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - Thoreau’s Eco-Holism Thoughts in Walden
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 608
EP  - 611
SN  - 2352-5398
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