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Walls - Enclosure and Ethics in the Modern Landscape (Hardcover)
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Walls - Enclosure and Ethics in the Modern Landscape (Hardcover)
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Ancient walls, barbed-wire walls, metaphorical walls, political
walls: all form, reform, and dissect our world. They mark sacred
space and embody earthly power. They maintain peace and cause war.
They enforce difference and create unity. Walls are pervasive and
potent, and for Thomas Oles, it is time to broaden our ideas of
what they can--and should--do.
In "Walls," Oles asserts that our societies and our politics are
shaped by--and shape--the divisions we make in and among
landscapes. He traces the rich array of social practices associated
with walls and other boundary markers across history and
prehistory, and he describes how, at the dawn of the modern era,
these practices were pushed aside by new notions of sovereign
rights and private property. The consequences of this change can be
seen all around us. From nation to parcel, landscapes everywhere
today are divided and subdivided by boundaries whose poor material
is matched only by their moral ugliness. Oles shows that walls are
relational, and all communities are defined both by and through
them. The crafting of walls is therefore critical to defining our
ethical relations to the landscape and to one another. In an
insightful and evocative epilogue, Oles brings to life a society
marked by productive and thoughtful relationships to its
boundaries, one that will leave readers more hopeful about the
divided landscapes of the future.
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