Thoreau's democratic withdrawal aliena tion, participation, and modernity / [electronic resource] :
Shannon L. Mariotti.
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010.
- xviii, 222 p. ; 23 cm.
- Studies in American thought and culture .
- Studies in American thought and culture. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Damaged life, the microscopic gaze and Adorno's practice of negative dialectics -- Alienated existence, focal distancing and Emerson's tran scendental idealism -- Man as machine : Thoreau and modern alienation - - Huckleberrying toward democracy : Thoreau's practices of withdrawal - - Traveling away from home : Thoreau's spaces of withdrawal -- Alienati on and the anti-foundationalist foundation of the self.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Political and social views.