The Heart of Wendell Berry's Discourse: Progress and Preservation Through Right Relationship

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Beaman A&B

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27-9-2012 2:00 PM

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The works of Wendell Berry, at their heart, are about relationships: relationships with the earth; with loved ones; with the past, the present and the future. Ms. Allison Belt and Dr. Annette Sisson will discuss Berry’s use of these relationships in his writings as a means of engaging his readers in a larger dialogue about progress. Inviting respectful discourse from people of differing perspectives, Berry portrays progress through his relational lens, neither rendering it the arch-enemy of the environment or the antithesis of preservation, but rather highlighting the ways in which progress changes relationships in large and small systems, whether a family unit, an economy, or a civilization. In the end, Berry’s vision is not simply reformist or “anti-progress,” but rather acknowledges that progress is inevitable and insists that it can be sustainable, kind, and redemptive.

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Sep 27th, 2:00 PM

The Heart of Wendell Berry's Discourse: Progress and Preservation Through Right Relationship

Beaman A&B

The works of Wendell Berry, at their heart, are about relationships: relationships with the earth; with loved ones; with the past, the present and the future. Ms. Allison Belt and Dr. Annette Sisson will discuss Berry’s use of these relationships in his writings as a means of engaging his readers in a larger dialogue about progress. Inviting respectful discourse from people of differing perspectives, Berry portrays progress through his relational lens, neither rendering it the arch-enemy of the environment or the antithesis of preservation, but rather highlighting the ways in which progress changes relationships in large and small systems, whether a family unit, an economy, or a civilization. In the end, Berry’s vision is not simply reformist or “anti-progress,” but rather acknowledges that progress is inevitable and insists that it can be sustainable, kind, and redemptive.