The Life of Plants
A Metaphysics of Mixture
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We barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even biology considers them as mere decoration on the tree of life. And yet plants give life to the Earth:...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af The Life of Plants af Emanuele Coccia
We barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even biology considers them as mere decoration on the tree of life. And yet plants give life to the Earth: they produce the atmosphere that surrounds us, they are the origin of the oxygen that animates us. Plants embody the most direct, elementary connection that life can establish with the world. In this highly original book, Emanuele Coccia argues that, as the very creator of atmosphere, plants occupy the fundamental position from which we should analyze all elements of life. From this standpoint, we can no longer perceive the world as a simple collection of objects or as a universal space containing all things, but as the site of a veritable metaphysical mixture. Since our atmosphere is rendered possible through plants alone, life only perpetuates itself through the very circle of consumption undertaken by plants. In other words, life exists only insofar as it consumes other life, removing any moral or ethical considerations from the equation. In contrast to trends of thought that discuss nature and the cosmos in general terms, Coccia’s account brings the infinitely small together with the infinitely big, offering a radical redefinition of the place of humanity within the realm of life.
Detaljer
Forlag
Polity Press
ISBN
9781509531530
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
176
Udgivelsesdato
19-10-2018
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
2915168
EAN nr.
9781509531530
Varegruppe
Engelske textbooks
Højde/Dybde (mm)
160
Bredde (mm)
211
Længde (mm)
14
Vægt (g)
246
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