Enlightenment sustainability.

In order to highlight the historical dimension of environmental sustainability efforts, and to better inform contemporary discourse, this project focuses on English literature of the eighteenth century; this period is also known as the Enlightenment. Contemporary concerns about the use, or abuse of...

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Main Author: Fong, Kenneth Jia Ming.
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54979
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:In order to highlight the historical dimension of environmental sustainability efforts, and to better inform contemporary discourse, this project focuses on English literature of the eighteenth century; this period is also known as the Enlightenment. Contemporary concerns about the use, or abuse of the natural world as well as the relationship between man and nature are explored through eighteenth-century issues like enclosure and urbanisation.