{"product_id":"vegetal-entwinements-in-philosophy-and-art-isbn-9780262047791","title":"Vegetal Entwinements in Philosophy and Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first reader in critical plant studies, exploring a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field—the intersection of philosophy with plant science and the visual arts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, philosophy and art have testified to how anthropocentrism has culturally impoverished our world, leading to the wide destruction of habitats and ecosystems. In this book, Giovanni Aloi and Michael Marder show that the field of critical plant studies can make an important contribution, offering a slew of possibilities\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efor scientific research, local traditions, Indigenous knowledge, history, geography, anthropology, philosophy, and aesthetics to intersect, inform one another, and lead interdisciplinary and transcultural dialogues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVegetal Entwinements in Philosophy and Art\u003c\/i\u003e considers such topics as the presence of plants in the history of philosophy, the shifting status of plants in various traditions, what it means to make art with growing life-forms, and whether or not plants have moral standing. In an experimental vegetal arrangement, the reader presents some of the most influential writing on plants, philosophy, and the arts, together with provocative new contributions, as well as interviews with groundbreaking contemporary artists whose work has greatly enhanced our appreciation of vegetal being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatriona A.H. Sandilands, Giovanni Aloi, Marlene Atleo, Monica Bakke, Emily Blackmer, Jodi Brandt, Teresa Castro, Dan Choffness, D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem, Mark Dion, Elisabeth E. Schussler, Braden Elliott, Monica Gagliano, Elaine Gan, Prudence Gibson, James H. Wandersee, Manuela Infante,  Luce Irigaray, Nicholas J. Reo, Jonathon Keats, Zayaan Khan, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Eduardo Kohn, Stefano Mancuso, Michael Marder, Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Elaine Miller, Samaneh Moafi, Uriel Orlow, Mark Payne, Allegra Pesenti, Špela Petrič, Michael Pollan, Darren Ranco, Angela Roothaan, Marcela Salinas, Diana Scherer, Vandana Shiva, Linda Tegg, Maria Theresa Alves, Krista Tippet, Anthony Trewavas, Alessandra Viola, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, B+W, Mathai Wangari, Lois Weinberger, Kyle Whyte, David Wood, Anicka YiAlternative Reading Pathways (xiii)\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction (1)\u003cbr\u003eI Conceptions\u003cbr\u003e1 The Plant: A Stranger (13)\u003cbr\u003eStefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola\u003cbr\u003e2 Maimonides' Palm Tree (25)\u003cbr\u003eMichael Marder\u003cbr\u003e3 Hermeneutics of Trees in an African Context: Enriching the Understanding of the Environment \"For the Common Heritage of Humankind\" (43) \u003cbr\u003eAngela Roothaan\u003cbr\u003e4 A Weed is a Plant Out of Place (61)\u003cbr\u003eAllegra Pesenti\u003cbr\u003e5 Nuucaanul Plants and Habitats as Reflected in Oral Traditions: Since Raven and Thunderbird Roamed (73) \u003cbr\u003eMarlene Atleo (?eh ?eh nah tuu k*iss)\u003cbr\u003e6 Interview with Mark Dion (87)\u003cbr\u003e7 Interview with Zayaan Khan (91)\u003cbr\u003eII Methodologies \u003cbr\u003e8 The Human Bumblebee (97)\u003cbr\u003eMichael Pollan\u003cbr\u003e9 Cosmologies: Perspectivism (107)\u003cbr\u003eEduardo Viveiros de Castro \u003cbr\u003e10 Of Other Spaces: (Brief) Encounters (145)\u003cbr\u003eGiovanni Aloi\u003cbr\u003e11 Adventures in Phytophenomenology (159)\u003cbr\u003eDavid Wood\u003cbr\u003e12 Introduction to Plant-Thinking (173)\u003cbr\u003eMichael Marder\u003cbr\u003e13 Interview with Jonathon Keats (187)\u003cbr\u003e14 Interview with Spela Petric (195)\u003cbr\u003eIII Engagements\u003cbr\u003e15 Seeds and Plants as my Teachers of Ethics (205)\u003cbr\u003e16 Concepts of Ethnomedicine (227)\u003cbr\u003eDan Choffnes\u003cbr\u003e17 Blossoming Sex: Floral Transpositions in the Works of Natalia LL and Zofia Kulik (263)\u003cbr\u003eMonika Bakke\u003cbr\u003e18 Botanical Decolonization: in Defense of Cultivars (277)\u003cbr\u003eGiovanni Aloi\u003cbr\u003e19 Invasive Species, Indigenous Stewards, and Vulnerability Discourse (291) \u003cbr\u003eNicholas J. Reo, Kyle Whyte, Darren Ranco, Jodi Brandt, Emily Blackmer, and Braden Elliott\u003cbr\u003e20 Interview with Uriel Orlow (311)\u003cbr\u003e21 Interview with D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem (319)\u003cbr\u003eIV Subjectivities \u003cbr\u003e22 Estado Vegetal (329)\u003cbr\u003eManuela Infante and Marcela Salinas\u003cbr\u003e23 Dissemination, Rhizomes, Efflorescene: The Legacy of the Vegetative Soul in Twentieth-Century Thought (335)\u003cbr\u003eElaine Miller\u003cbr\u003e24 The Colour Green (359)\u003cbr\u003ePrudence Gibson\u003cbr\u003e25 Preventing Plant Blindness (377)\u003cbr\u003eJames H. Wandersee and Elisabeth E. Schussler\u003cbr\u003e26 Trees in Shallow Time (385)\u003cbr\u003eMark Payne\u003cbr\u003e27 Interview with Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro (393)\u003cbr\u003e28 Interview with Maria Thereza Alves (399)\u003cbr\u003eV Intelligences\u003cbr\u003e29 The Living Thought (407)\u003cbr\u003eEduardo Kohn\u003cbr\u003e30 Intelligence and Consciousness (439) \u003cbr\u003eAnthony Trewavas\u003cbr\u003e31 The 1970s Plant Craze (461)\u003cbr\u003eTeresa Castro\u003cbr\u003e32 Floral Sensations: Plant Biopolotics (479)\u003cbr\u003eCatriona A. H. Sandilands\u003cbr\u003e33 To Hear Plants Speak (495) \u003cbr\u003eMichael Marder\u003cbr\u003e34 The Time Travelers: Im\/Possibilities of Return (517) \u003cbr\u003eElaine Gan\u003cbr\u003e35 Interview with Samaneh Moafi (525)\u003cbr\u003e36 Interview with Diana Scherer (533) \u003cbr\u003eVI Autobiographies \u003cbr\u003e37 A...Mazing Pea (541)\u003cbr\u003eMonica Gagliano\u003cbr\u003e38 Conversation: The Intelligence of Plants (555)\u003cbr\u003eRobin Wall Kimmerer and Krista Tippett\u003cbr\u003e39 Ruderal Societies (569)\u003cbr\u003eLois Weinberger\u003cbr\u003e40 Seeking Refuge in the Vegetal World (573)\u003cbr\u003eLuce Irigary and Michael Marder\u003cbr\u003e41 The Green Belt Movement (583)\u003cbr\u003eWangari Maathai\u003cbr\u003e42 Sorely Visible: Plants, Roots, and National Identity \u003cbr\u003eGiavanni Aloi\u003cbr\u003e43 Interview with Linda Tegg and Baracco + Wright (607)\u003cbr\u003e44 Interview with Anicka Yi (615)\u003cbr\u003eContributors (621)“A brilliant book. It is massive, often provocative and the quality and diversity of the viewpoints included is remarkable.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ewe make money not art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGiovanni Aloi is an art historian who teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His past books include \u003ci\u003eWhy Look at Plants? The Botanical Emergence in Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLucian Freud: Herbarium\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Marder is a philosopher who teaches at the University of the Basque Country. His past books include \u003ci\u003ePlant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher’s Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885580546277,"sku":"NP9780262047791","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262047791.jpg?v=1767743390","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/vegetal-entwinements-in-philosophy-and-art-isbn-9780262047791","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}