Is Wildness Over?

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By Paul Wapner *91

Published April 22, 2020

Is Wildness Over? (Polity Press), a new book from environmental scholar Paul Wapner *91, presents a forceful answer to the titular question. Wapner says that climate change presents a new strain of wildness and calls us to welcome the uncertainty of nature into our orderly lives.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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