Before revision: Declensionist narratives Narratives of environmental history tend to be what scholars call "declensionist," that is, accounts of increasing decline under human activity.Jason L. Newton, "Mining in the West: Knowing Nature through Uncertainty and the Problem of the Declensionist Narrative in Environmental History" H-Net Reviews: H-SHGAPE (June, 2014)
After revision: In other words, "declensionist" history is a form of the "lost golden age" narrative that has repeated appeared in human thought since ancient times.Declensionist narratives Narratives of environmental history tend to be what scholars call "declensionist," that is, accounts of increasing decline under human activity.Jason L. Newton, "Mining in the West: Knowing Nature through Uncertainty and the Problem of the Declensionist Narrative in Environmental History" H-Net Reviews: H-SHGAPE (June, 2014)