The contemporary view of nature dominant in the United States is most strongly linked to the

A) Judeo-Christian tradition, in which nature is to be dominated or tamed by Man.
B) North American Indian tradition, which emphasized the interrelatedness of the natural world.
C) romantic philosophies of Henry David Thoreau, in which all creatures have divine qualities— humans are not exceptional.
D) transcendental poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, who encouraged a mystical and spiritual alternative to the primitive and savage life.


Answer: A

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