Second Nature
Archer, Crina; Ephraim, Laura; Maxwell, Lida
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Description for Second Nature
Hardback. These essays collected here, by both eminent and emerging scholars, engage interlocutors from Machiavelli to Arendt. Individually, they contribute compelling readings of important political thinkers and add fresh insights to debates in areas such as envir Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
The essays collected here, by both eminent and emerging scholars, engage interlocutors from Machiavelli to Arendt. Individually, they contribute compelling readings of important political thinkers and add fresh insights to debates in areas such as environmentalism and human rights. Together, the volume issues a call to think anew about nature, not only as a traditional concept that should be deconstructed or affirmed but also as a site of human political activity and struggle worthy of sustained theoretical attention.
The essays collected here, by both eminent and emerging scholars, engage interlocutors from Machiavelli to Arendt. Individually, they contribute compelling readings of important political thinkers and add fresh insights to debates in areas such as environmentalism and human rights. Together, the volume issues a call to think anew about nature, not only as a traditional concept that should be deconstructed or affirmed but also as a site of human political activity and struggle worthy of sustained theoretical attention.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823251414
SKU
V9780823251414
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99-15
About Archer, Crina; Ephraim, Laura; Maxwell, Lida
Crina Archer (External Editor) Crina Archer is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Northwestern University. She is completing a dissertation project that examines temporality in democratic political thought, with a focus on temporal representations of revolutionary change. She is coauthor of Obstacles to Ethical Decision Making: Mental Models, Milgram, and the Problem of Obedience (Cambridge University ... Read more
Reviews for Second Nature
"Archer, Ephraim, and Maxwell have compiled a fascinating array of analyses of what Nietzsche termed 'second nature': the agonistic, original attempt to create and recreate the human self. The collection brings together familiar and new voices, each investigating the overlaps and mutual constitutions between nature and culture, human and nonhuman, life and matter. The book leaves us aware of the ... Read more