Arne Naess Film Analysis

Arne Naess Reaction Naess was the developer of deep ecology during the twentieth century as well as the initiator to the deep ecology movement. He believed that every living being had inherent worth without their utility to man, taken into account. The older man in the Documentary, filmed in 1997, Arne Naess spoke about his beliefs and practices. He shared that as a child, he used to roam by the mountain he later built a hut on called Tvergastein. The mountain hut helped Naess write many of his philosophical books about ecology. This excerpt in the film, helps his audience realize that his connection with the large mountain and the Horizon, he says was “non-disturbing”, is curtail for man’s development. Naess claims the mountain itself is an entity and that it is alive to him, therefor without a doubt he believes it has intrinsic value to him.
Naess personifies nature; they saw nature as a third person in the Film. To think that someone would write around 14 books outside, sharing the space with nature, is just majestic. Naess was defiantly in touch with nature as a whole entity, and he strongly believed all people should be too. In the video, Naess expresses that he believes Reform environmentalism is also a chance for nature’s survival in a human centered community; instead of a radical change in society, they try to reform the environment sustainability. I believe Naess had a strong point when he said: “As long as you have such a destructive people in our society, we need to have those environmentalists who will protect it and pass laws.” In government, we have lobbyists, governors, and important state and national officials who can make a difference. He is stating we need those governmental influences to pass laws on environmental rights. If these people did not exist, our environment would be in ruins today because people would continue to exploit and abuse of