Editing Gary Snyder (section)

=== Romanticism ===
Snyder is among those writers who have sought to dis-entrench conventional thinking about primitive peoples that has viewed them as simple-minded, ignorantly superstitious, brutish, and prone to violent emotionalism. In the 1960s Snyder developed a "[[Neo-Tribalism|neo-tribalist]]" view<ref name="ReferenceA">Snyder (1969) "Why Tribe?," in ''Earth House Hold''.  New York: New Directions.</ref> akin to the "post-modernist" theory of French Sociologist [[Michel Maffesoli]]. The "re-tribalization" of the modern, mass-society world envisioned by [[Marshall McLuhan]], with all of the ominous, dystopian possibilities that McLuhan warned of, subsequently accepted by many modern intellectuals, is not the future that Snyder expects or works toward. Snyder's is a positive interpretation of the tribe and of the possible future.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Charters, Samuel  (1971) "Gary Snyder," pp 57–64, in ''Some Poems/Poets: studies in Underground American Poetry Since 1945''.  Berkeley: Oyez.</ref>
Todd Ensign describes Snyder's interpretation as blending ancient tribal beliefs and traditions, philosophy, physicality, and nature with politics to create his own form of Postmodern environmentalism. Snyder rejects the perspective which portrays nature and humanity in direct opposition to one another. Instead, he chooses to write from multiple viewpoints. He purposely sets out to bring about change on the emotional, physical, and political levels by emphasizing the ecological problems faced by today's society.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ensign|first=Todd|title=Gary Snyder: A Postmodern Perspective|url=http://maps-legacy.org/poets/s_z/snyder/ensign.htm|access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref>