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In The Nature Of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment
Jane Bennett
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JH; JPA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Much contemporary theoretical writing on the environment has focused on a number of approaches that rest on an appeal to nature as either superior to politics or something entirely susceptible to human control. "In the Nature of Things" offers an alternative conception of the environmental debate, one that questions the idea of nature as a grounding centre of political thought. Informed by recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, "In the Nature of Things" addresses the presumption that nature exists independent of culture and, in particular, of language. The theoretical approaches of the contributors represent both modernist and postmodernist ... Read more
Much contemporary theoretical writing on the environment has focused on a number of approaches that rest on an appeal to nature as either superior to politics or something entirely susceptible to human control. "In the Nature of Things" offers an alternative conception of the environmental debate, one that questions the idea of nature as a grounding centre of political thought. Informed by recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, "In the Nature of Things" addresses the presumption that nature exists independent of culture and, in particular, of language. The theoretical approaches of the contributors represent both modernist and postmodernist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816623082
SKU
V9780816623082
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