Salvation in Stewardship: Exploring the Rhetoric of Land Ethics

dc.contributor.advisorHunt, Alex
dc.creatorBrooks, Dustin Matthew
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-2389-6423
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-04T20:33:42Z
dc.date.available2015-09-04T20:33:42Z
dc.date.created2015-05
dc.date.issued2015-07-10
dc.date.submittedMay 2015
dc.date.updated2015-09-04T20:33:42Z
dc.description.abstractUsing contemporary rhetorical theory of ethos as place, this paper explores the environmental rhetoric of Aldo Leopold, Wallace Stegner, and Annie Proulx, in an effort to locate effective rhetorical appeals to aid in bridging the gap that currently exists in the discourses of environmental politics and ethics. In an effort to locate a rhetorical common ground for the ethical consideration of the environment, this study presupposes that rhetoric shapes our view of responsibility, and that a land ethic shapes our view of what it means to be good stewards of the land. This paper hopes to situate a classic, yet renewed discourse of stewardship-based rhetoric that is ignited on a personal level through imaginative exercises toward a “place,” within which environmental discourse may be effectively reconciled. Within this place, all users of rhetoric are equal and dependent on the other to develop and implement real solutions toward the ethical treatment of our environment, its resources, and each other.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11310/22
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectStewardship
dc.subjectLand Ethic, Rhetoric
dc.subjectEthos
dc.subjectLeopold
dc.subjectStegner
dc.subjectProulx
dc.titleSalvation in Stewardship: Exploring the Rhetoric of Land Ethics
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish, Philosophy & Modern Languages
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorWest Texas A&M University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameM. A.

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