Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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pp. 11-16
Abstract
A provocative essay awaits those who peruse prize-winning author J.B. MacKinnon's article, False Idyll. MacKinnon posits that many of us romanticize nature as a sacred place ( one of succor and comfort) overlooking that most places visited have been tamed by humans. The absence of real wildness (predators that can kill us) creates an "imaginary connection with nature" instead of a tangible one. We settle for occasional visits to such sanctuaries and "see little purpose in returning to a deeper and more risky engagement:' Thus "seeing only nurture in nature" reinforces the concept that we are apart and above it.
Recommended Citation
J.B. MacKinnon
(2015)
"False Idyll,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 24:
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1, Article 4.
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https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/taproot/vol24/iss1/4