Curriculum Vitae
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DR. MAX OELSCHLAEGER Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies Tel: 940-565-3331 |
Curriculum Vitae
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DR. MAX OELSCHLAEGER Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies Tel: 940-565-3331 |
EDUCATION
TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
The Idea of Wilderness: From Prehistory to the Age of Ecology. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Paper back edition by Yale University Press, 1993.
The Environmental Imperative: A Socio-Economic Perspective. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1977.
BOOKS EDITED
The Company of Others: Essays in Honor of Paul Shepard. Durango, Col.: Kivaki Publishing, 1995.
The Wilderness Condition: Essays on Environment and Civilization. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992. Paper back edition by Island Press, 1992.
After Earth Day: Continuing the Conservation Effort. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1992. Paper back edition by UNT Press, 1992. Books (in process)
Texas Land Ethics, with Pete A. Y. Gunter, University of Texas Press (forthcoming, 1996).
Nature's Odyssey: Essays on Environment and Wilderness, for Yale University Press (expected completion, early 1996).
The Ethical Considerations of Sustainable Futures, in S. Ingman, ed., An Aging Population, An Aging Planet, and a Sustainable Future (forthcoming, 1996).
Reconciling Profit and Biodiversity: An Inventory of Resources Ready to Hand, in A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, ed., Profit and the Bio-Environment (forthcoming, 1996).
The Human Prospect: Is the Annihilation of the Human Species a Real and Imminent Possibility?, in D. Razis, ed., Medicine and the Meaning of Modern Humanism (provisional title), Prometheus Press (forthcoming, 1996).
Ecology and the Human Spirit: Al Gore in the Balance, in R. J. Russell and R. O. Randolph, eds., Reflections on Earth in the Balance, Houghton-Mifflin (forthcoming, 1996).
What Is Environmental Ethics? in John Howie, Ethics Today (provisional title), Southern Illinois University Press (forthcoming, 1996).
The Need for a Texas Land Ethic, with Pete A. Y. Gunter, in Ray Telfair, ed., Texas Wildlife Resources and Land-Use. University of Texas Press (forthcoming, 1996).
Introduction, in Max Oelschlaeger, ed., The Company of Others. Durango, Col.: Kivaki Press, 1995.
Introduction, in Max Oelschlaeger, ed., Postmodern Environmental Ethics, Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1995.
Taking the Land Ethic Outdoors: Its Implications for Recreation, in R. L. Knight and Kevin J. Gutzwiller, eds., Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence through Management and Research. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1995.
Earth-Talk: Conservation and the Ecology of Language, in David Rothenberg, ed., Wild Ideas. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
The Idea of Wilderness as a Deep Ecological Ethic, in D. C. Burks, ed., Place of the Wild. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1994.
Managing Planet Earth: Questions Concerning Expert Management, in Shannon K. McClendon and Martin V. Melosi, eds., Comparative Environment Management in the Americas: Social, Cultural and Legal Perspectives. Houston: Institute for Public History, 1993.
Ideas of Nature from Western and Non-Western Points of View, in Dan Shilling, ed., The Battle for the West: Arizona Land Ethics. Arizona Humanities Council (November, 1993).
The Environment, in James F. Veninga, ed., Building the New Texas: Humanities Perspectives on the Environment, Health Care, and Literacy in Texas, Texas Committee for the Humanities (January, 1993).
Introduction, in M. Oelschlaeger, ed., After Earth Day: Continuing the Conservation Effort. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1992.
Religion in a Time of Ecological Crisis, in M. Oelschlaeger, ed., After Earth Day.
Introduction: The Wilderness Condition Today, in M. Oelschlaeger, ed., The Wilderness Condition: Essays on Environment and Civilization. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992.
Wilderness, Civilization, and Language, in M. Oelschlaeger, ed., The Wilderness Condition, 1992.
Is Conservation Biology Conservation or Applied Biology? with Dwight Barry, Conservation Biology (forthcoming).
The Wild, the Tame, and the Folly of Sustainable Development, International Journal of Wilderness (forthcoming).
Reflections on the Wilderness Act: Thirty Years and Counting, Weber Studies (1995), Vol. 12, 2:5-15.
Effective Environmental Advocacy and the Question of
Hyperreality, with Michael Bruner, Proceedings of the SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation (1994).
Rhetoric, Environmentalism, and Environmental Ethics, with Michael Bruner, Environmental Ethics (1994) Vol. 16, 4:377-396.
History, Ecology, and the Denial of Death, The Journal of Social Philosophy (1993), Vol. 24, 3:19-39.
Ecofeminist Discourse on Place, The National Geographic Journal of India (1993), Vol. 39.
The New Frontier: Texans and the Environment, Texas Journal of Ideas, History, and Culture (1993), Vol. 16, 1:8-13.
The Environment, in Toxic Tour of Texas. Texas Humanities Resource Center in collaboration with the Texas Photographic Society (September, 1993).
An Evaluation of Deep Ecology, Elmwood Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 1992-1993).
Mountains that Walk: Excursions and Reflections, Wild Earth, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Fall, 1992).
Being in the Mountains: Wilderness Therapy and Heidegger, Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 12, No. 8 (March, 1989).
The Two Cultures and the Second Scientific Revolution: A Philosophical Reappraisal, Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 11, (Spring, 1989).
A Neo-Hobbesian Perspective on Terrorism, Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 12, No. 7 (January, 1989).
Henry David Thoreau: An American Original in the Socratic Tradition, Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 10 (Spring, 1988).
Original Sin and the Fall of Man: Deconstructing the Hierarchy of Human Values, Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 12, Nos. 5&6 (Winter, 1988).
Educating for a Human Future: Science and Academe, Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 11, No. 12 (October, 1987).
Wilderness, in G. A. Good, History of the Geosciences: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Publishing Company (forthcoming, 1995).
Wilderness, in R. A. Paehlke, ed., Encyclopedia of Conservation and Environmentalism, New York: Garland Publishing Company (forthcoming, 1995).
Thoreau, Henry David, in Paehlke, Encyclopedia of Conservation.
Jeffers, Robinson, in Paehlke, Encyclopedia of Conservation.
Interdisciplinarity, in Paehlke, Encyclopedia of Conservation.
Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas, in Paehlke, Encyclopedia of Conservation.
Postmodernism, in Paehlke, Encyclopedia of Conservation.
SELECTED BOOK REVIEWS
Edward O. Wilson, Naturalist: Autobiographical Reflections of A Happy man in a Terrible Century, Chronicles (June, 1995).
Peter Reed and David Rothenberg, eds., Wisdom in the Open Air: The Norwegian Roots of Deep Ecology, Environmental History Review (forthcoming 1995).
Dolores LaChapelle: Sacred Land, Sacred Sex, Wild Earth, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter, 1992).
Gary Snyder: The Practice of the Wild and John Halper, ed.: Dimensions of a Life, Environmental Ethics, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer, 1992).
Elinor W. Gadon: The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol for Our Time, Environmental Ethics, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Fall, 1991).
Loyal Rue, Amythia: Crisis in the Natural History of Western Culture, Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 13, No. 2 (March, 1990)
Frederick Ferre, Philosophy of Technology, Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 12, No. 9 (May, 1988).
SELECTED LECTURES
Wilderness, Disneyland and the American Consumer, Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, Virginia (October, 1995).
Environmental Ethics and America's National Parks, the Hartzog Lecture, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina (September, 1995).
The Human Prospect: Is the Annihilation of the Human Species a Real and Imminent Possibility?, keynote lecture at International Multidisciplinary Conference on Human Behavior and the Meaning of Modern Humanism, Delphi, Greece, sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Greek Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology of the National Research Foundation, and the International Humanist and Ethical Union (June, 1995).
Metaphysics and Environmental Ethics: The Role of Religion, Florida Atlantic University Research Seminar, Boca Raton, Florida (June, 1995).
Environmental Ethics in Conservation Biology, Conservation Biology Seminar, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (March, 1995).
Religion as a Source of Environmental Ethics, 21st Huggins Science Seminar Lecture, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (March, 1995).
Raptors: Good, Wild, Free the Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota (February, 1995).
The Ethical Considerations of Sustainable Futures, An Aging Population, An Aging Planet, and a Sustainable Future Conference, Denton, Texas (February, 1995).
What Is Environmental Ethics? Philosophy Colloquium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico (December, 1994).
Reflections on the Wilderness Act, the Sixth National Wilderness Conference, sponsored by Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico (November, 1994).
Reconsidering the Wilderness Act, Keynote lecture, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah (November, 1994).
What Is Environmental Ethics? the Leys Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (October, 1994).
Reflections on the Wilderness Act: Thirty Years and Counting, the Seaman Lecture, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (September, 1994).
Religion as a Source of Eco-ethics, the Niebuhr Lecture, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois (April, 1994).
Religion and Earth Ethics, Millersville University, Millersville, 1994
Prairies and People: Reinventing Wild Culture, Creative Mind Humanities Lecture Series, Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas (March, 1994).
Earth-Talk: Language and Environmental Crisis, Philosophy Colloquium Series, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (December, 1993).
Deep Semiotics, Philosophy Colloquium Series, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (December, 1993).
Earth-Talk: Conservation and the Ecology of Language, Fifth World Wilderness Congress, Tromso, Norway (September, 1993). Symposium on Translating Wilderness.
The Idea of Wilderness as a Deep Ecological Ethic, Fifth World Wilderness Congress, Tromso, Norway (September, 1993). Symposium on the Idea of the Wild.
Naturalizing History: The Rhetoric of Ecology, Provost's Lecture Series, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (March, 1993).
The Need for a Texas Land Ethic, with Pete Gunter, Annual Meeting of the Texas and Oklahoma Wildlife Society, Denton, Texas (February, 1993).
Commentary on Aldo Leopold and Wild By Law, Arizona Humanities Council, Phoenix, Arizona (November, 1992).
The Idea of Wilderness in Late-Modern Context, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (September, 1992).
Reflections on the Sierra Club and John Muir, Cross-Timbers Chapter of the Sierra Club, Denton, Texas (June, 1992).
Myth and Religion in Geography, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (April, 1992).
Response to Panel on The Idea of Wilderness, Ninetieth Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Louisville, Kentucky (April, 1992).
The Conservationist Fallacy: Managing Planet Earth, Comparative Environmental Management in the Americas: Legal, Social, and Cultural Perspectives Conference, sponsored by the Texas Center for Environmental Studies at the University of Houston with support from the Canadian and Mexican Governments, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Texas Committee for the Humanities, Houston, Texas (March, 1992).
Ecofeminism, Women's Studies Colloquium, UNT, Denton, Texas (February, 1992).
The Sciences, Humanities, and Solidarity: The Two Cultures Revisited, The Science, Humanities and Society Lecture, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (November, 1991).
Deep Beauty: Reflections on the Aesthetics of Nature, Faculty Colloquium, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (November, 1991).
Earth-Talk: For Her Sons, JCT-Bergamo Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio (October, 1991).
Wilderness, Rights, and Rhetoric, Environmental Rights in Conflict Conference, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (April, 1991).
Illusions of Sustainability: Managing Planet Earth, Realia, Estes Park, Colorado (August, 1990).
Wilderness in a Time of Ecological Crisis, Pitzer College, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California (April, 1990).
Religion in a Time of Ecological Crisis, University Ministry Center, Denton, Texas (February, 1990).
Philosophy of the Wilderness, The Dallas Philosopher's Forum, Dallas, Texas (October, 1989)
Wilderness, Language, and Civilization, Realia, Estes Park, Colorado (August, 1989).
Aldo Leopold and the Two Cultures: His Sigma Xi Address at the University of Wisconsin, Sigma Xi Luncheon, Denton, Texas (January, 1989).
Being in the Mountains: Heideggerian Excursions, Heidegger Symposium, Denton, Texas (December, 1988).
Reflections on Henry David Thoreau, or How Not to Live a Life without Principle, Last Lecture Series, Denton, Texas (September, 1988).
Original Sin and the Fall of Man: Deconstructing the Hierarchy of Human Values, Realia, Estes Park, Colorado (August, 1988).
The Two Cultures and the Second Scientific Revolution: A Philosophical Reappraisal, New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, Albuquerque, NM (April, 1988).
2030: Sociocultural Impacts of Technology, Technology Education Symposium IX, Dallas, Texas (October, 1987).
Educating for a Human Future: Science and Academe, Realia, Estes Park, Colorado (August, 1987).
Henry David Thoreau: An American Original in the Socratic Tradition, New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, Santa Fe, NM (April, 1987).
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
What is Deep Ecology, 1995 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (July, 1995).
The Practice of the Wild, 1995 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (July, 1995).
The Idea of Wilderness, 1994 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (July, 1994).
Deep Beauty, 1994 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (July, 1994).
Environmental Education in a New Key, 1994 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (July, 1994).
Ecofeminism, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Toledo, Ohio (November, 1993).
Environmental Ethics and the Postmodern World, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Toledo, Ohio (November, 1993).
Environmental Ethics and Religious Values, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Toledo, Ohio (November, 1993).
Deep Ecology, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Toledo, Ohio (November, 1993).
Wilderness in Late-Modern Context, 1993 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (August, 1993).
Deep Beauty, 1993 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (August, 1993).
Environmental Education in a New Key, 1993 Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Deep Ecology Workshop, Aspen, Colorado (August, 1993).
Envisioning an Ecological Society through a Judeo-Christian Lens, Religion and Environmental Ethics Workshop, Denton, Texas (July, 1993).
Nature Religionists, the New Cosmology, Gaians, and Others, Religion and Environmental Ethics Workshop, Denton, Texas (July, 1993).
Ecofeminism, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Lake Murray State Park (November, 1992).
Environmental Values and the Postmodern World, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Lake Murray State Park (November, 1992).
Deep Ecology, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Lake Murray State Park (November, 1992).
Wilderness in Late-Modern Context, 1992 Way of the Mountain Learning Center Deep Ecology Workshop, Silverton, Colorado (August, 1992).
Deep Beauty, 1992 Way of the Mountain Learning Center Deep Ecology Workshop, Silverton, Colorado (August, 1992).
Environmental Education in a New Key, 1992 Way of the Mountain Learning Center Deep Ecology Workshop, Silverton, Colorado (August, 1992).
Deep Ecology, Environmental Ethics Curricula Development Workshop, Denton, Texas (July, 1992).
Ecofeminism, Environmental Ethics Curricula Development Workshop, Denton, Texas (July, 1992).
Leopold and the Land Ethic, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Piney Woods Conservation Center, Broaddus, Texas (November, 1991).
Wilderness Values and the Postmodern World, with Tom Birch, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Piney Woods Conservation Center, Broaddus, Texas (November, 1991).
Ecofeminism, Environmental Ethics Nature Interpretation Workshop, Piney Woods Conservation Center, Broaddus, Texas (November, 1991).
Deep Ecology, Environmental Ethics Curricula Development Workshop, Denton, Texas (July, 1991).
Ecofeminism, Environmental Ethics Curricula Development Workshop, Denton, Texas (July, 1991).