In the Nature of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment - Couverture souple

Bennett, Jane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816623082 ISBN 13 : 9780816623082

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 1993

Synopsis

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 positions, including feminist theory, critical theory, Marxism, science fiction, theology, and botany. They demonstrate how the concept of nature is invoked and constituted in a wide range of cultural projects--from the Bible to science fiction movies, from hunting to green consumerism. Ultimately, it weeks to link the work of theorists concerned with nature and the environment to nontheorists who share similar concerns.

Contributors include R. McGreggor Cawley, Romand Coles, William E. Connolly, Jan E. Dizard, Valerie Hartouni, Cheri Lucas Jennings, Bruce H. Jennings, Timothy W. Luke, Shane Phelan, John Rodman, Michael J. Shapiro, and Wade Sikorski.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jane Bennett is associate professor of politics at Goucher College. Her works include Unthinking Faith and Enlightenment and articles that explore the relationship between literary and theoretical portrayals of contemporary political issues.

William Chaloupka teaches American politics and political theory at the University of Montana. He is the author of Knowing Nukes: The Politics and Culture of the Atom (Minnesota, 1992).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816623082
• ISBN 13: 9780816623082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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