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Description for Grafts
Paperback. BIC Classification: TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 263 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Grafting: do we ever do anything other than that? And are we ever free from vegetal influences when we engage in its operations? For the philosopher Michael Marder, our reflections on vegetal life have a fundamental importance in how we can reflect on our own conceptions of ethics, politics, and philosophy in general. Taking as his starting point the simple vegetal conception of grafting, Marder guides the reader through his concise and numerous reflections on what could be described as a vegetal philosophy. Grafts are transplants either of a shoot inserted into the trunk of another tree or, surgically, of ... Read more
Grafting: do we ever do anything other than that? And are we ever free from vegetal influences when we engage in its operations? For the philosopher Michael Marder, our reflections on vegetal life have a fundamental importance in how we can reflect on our own conceptions of ethics, politics, and philosophy in general. Taking as his starting point the simple vegetal conception of grafting, Marder guides the reader through his concise and numerous reflections on what could be described as a vegetal philosophy. Grafts are transplants either of a shoot inserted into the trunk of another tree or, surgically, of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9781937561673
SKU
V9781937561673
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Ref
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About Michael Marder
Michael Marder is ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. His most recent works include Pyropolitics: When the World Is Ablaze (2015), Dust (2016), The Chernobyl Herbarium (2016), and, with Luce Irigaray, Through Vegetal Being: Two Philosophical Perspectives (2016).
Reviews for Grafts
Remarkably interesting. This thought-provoking book will interest humanists and scientists as well as vegans, herbivores, and omnivores who may not have seriously considered the 'secret lives of plants'
which Marder has done his best to illuminate in thoughtful and engaging ways. -CHOICE
which Marder has done his best to illuminate in thoughtful and engaging ways. -CHOICE