Through vegetal being : two philosophical perspectives / Luce Irigaray and Michael Marder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irigaray, Luce, author.

Marder, Michael, 1980- author.

Series:

Critical life studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irigaray, Luce author.

Irigaray, Luce.

Marder, Michael, 1980-.

Marder, Michael.

Plants (Philosophy).

Philosophy of nature.

Physical Description:

xi, 231 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Through Vegetal Being is an intense personal philosophical, and political meditation on the significance of the vegetal for our lives, our ways of thinking, and our relations with human and nonhuman beings. Irigaray and Marder consider how the vegetal world contributes to humum development by sustaining our breathing, nourishing our senses, and keeping our bodies alive. Their generative discussion points to wart a more universal way of becoming human that is embedded in the vegetal world. Book jacket.

Contents:

Luce Irigaray

Prologue 3

1 Seeking Refuge in the Vegetal World 9

2 A Culture Forgetful of Life 14

3 Sharing Universal Breathing 21

4 The Generative Potential of the Elements 27

5 Living at the Rhythm of the Seasons 34

6 A Recovery of the Amazing Diversity of Natural Presence 41

7 Cultivating Our Sensory Perceptions 46

8 Feeling Nostalgia for a Human Companion 52

9 Risking to Go Back Among Humans 57

10 Losing Oneself and Asking Nature for Help Again 63

11 Encountering Another Human in the Woods 69

12 Wondering How to Cultivate Our Living Energy 74

13 Could Gestures and Words Substitute for the Elements? 79

14 From Being Alone in Nature to Being Two in Love 84

15 Becoming Humans 88

16 Cultivating and Sharing Life Between All 92

Epilogue 99

Notes 103

Michael Marder

Prologue 111

1 Seeking Refuge in the Vegetal World 117

2 A Culture Forgetful of Life 122

3 Sharing Universal Breathing 129

4 The Generative Potential of the Elements 135

5 Living at the Rhythm of the Seasons 141

6 A Recovery of the Amazing Diversity of Natural Presence 148

7 Cultivating Our Sensory Perceptions 155

8 Feeling Nostalgia for a Human Companion 161

9 Risking to Go Back Among Humans 167

10 Losing Oneself and Asking Nature for Help Again 173

11 Encountering Another Human in the Woods 178

12 Wondering How to Cultivate Our Living Energy 184

13 Could Gestures and Words Substitute for the Elements? 190

14 From Being Alone in Nature to Being Two in Love 196

15 Becoming Humans 201

16 Cultivating and Sharing Life Between All 207

Epilogue 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231173865

0231173865

9780231173872

0231173873

OCLC:

930681935