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Vibrant matter : a political ecology of things / Jane Bennett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennett, Jane, 1957-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- A John Hope Franklin Center Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology--Political aspects.
- Human ecology.
- Human ecology--Philosophy.
- Environmentalism--Philosophy.
- Environmentalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Theorizes the political agency of things and natural phenomena-such as trash, food, weather, and electricity-to examine how non-human elements exert force on human politics and social relations.
- Contents:
- The force of things
- The agency of assemblages
- Edible matter
- A life of metal
- Neither vitalism nor mechanism
- Stem cells and the culture of life
- Political ecologies
- Vitality and self-interest.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-170) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613036209
- 9781283036207
- 1283036207
- 9780822391623
- 0822391627
- OCLC:
- 1142517408
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