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The Philosopher's Plant : An Intellectual Herbarium / Michael Marder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marder, Michael, author.
- Series:
- European perspectives. A series in social thought and cultural criticism.
- European perspectives. A series in social thought and cultural criticism
- Standardized Title:
- Toucher des philosophes. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980--Knowledge--Music.
- Sartre, Jean-Paul.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Knowledge--Music.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.
- Barthes, Roland--Knowledge--Music.
- Barthes, Roland.
- Botany--History.
- Botany--Philosophy.
- Human-plant relationships.
- Plants--Adaptation.
- Local Subjects:
- Botany--History.
- Botany--Philosophy.
- Human-plant relationships.
- Plants--Adaptation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (442 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Despite their conceptual allergy to vegetal life, philosophers have used germination, growth, blossoming, fruition, reproduction, and decay as illustrations of abstract concepts; mentioned plants in passing as the natural backdrops for dialogues, letters, and other compositions; spun elaborate allegories out of flowers, trees, and even grass; and recommended appropriate medicinal, dietary, and aesthetic approaches to select species of plants. In this book, Michael Marder illuminates the vegetal centerpieces and hidden kernels that have powered theoretical discourse for centuries. Choosing twelve botanical specimens that correspond to twelve significant philosophers, he recasts the development of philosophy through the evolution of human and plant relations. A philosophical history for the postmetaphysical age, The Philosopher's Plant reclaims the organic heritage of human thought. With the help of vegetal images, examples, and metaphors, the book clears a path through philosophy's tangled roots and dense undergrowth, opening up the discipline to all readers.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PROLOGUE: HERBARIUM PHILOSOPHICUM
- Part I. Ancient Plant-Souls
- 1 / Plato's Plane Tree
- 2 / Aristotle's Wheat
- 3 / Plotinus' Anonymous "Great Plant"
- Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments
- 4 / Augustine's Pears
- 5 / Avicenna's Celery
- 6 / Maimonides' Palm Tree
- Part III. Modern Plant-Images
- 7 / Leibniz's Blades of Grass
- 8 / Kant's Tulip
- 9 / Hegel's Grapes
- Part IV. Postmodern Plant-Subjects
- 10 / Heidegger's Apple Tree
- 11 / Derrida's Sunflowers
- 12 / Irigaray's Water Lily
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780231538138
- 0231538138
- OCLC:
- 892244492
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