Irigaray / Marder Through Vegetal Being

Two Philosophical Perspectives
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-54151-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Critical Life Studies

Blossoming from a correspondence between Luce Irigaray and Michael Marder, Through Vegetal Being is an intense personal, philosophical, and political meditation on the significance of the vegetal for our lives, our ways of thinking, and our relations with human and nonhuman beings. The vegetal world has the potential to rescue our planet and our species and offers us a way to abandon past metaphysics without falling into nihilism. Luce Irigaray has argued in her philosophical work that living and coexisting are deficient unless we recognize sexuate difference as a crucial dimension of our existence. Michael Marder believes the same is true for vegetal difference.

Irigaray and Marder consider how plants contribute to human development by sustaining our breathing, nourishing our senses, and keeping our bodies and minds alive. They note the importance of returning to ancient Greek tradition and engaging with Eastern teachings to revive a culture closer to nature. As a result, we can reestablish roots when we are displaced and recover the vital energy we need to improve our sensibility and relation to others. This generative discussion points toward a more universal way of becoming human that is embedded in the vegetal world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Irigaray, Luce

Marder, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Luce Irigaray
Prologue
1. Seeking Refuge in the Vegetal World
2. A Culture Forgetful of Life
3. Sharing Universal Breathing
4. The Generative Potential of the Elements
5. Living at the Rhythm of the Seasons
6. A Recovery of the Amazing Diversity of Natural Presence
7. Cultivating Our Sensory Perceptions
8. Feeling Nostalgia for a Human Companion
9. Risking to Go Back Among Humans
10. Losing Oneself and Asking Nature for Help Again
11. Encountering Another Human in the Woods
12. Wondering How to Cultivate Our Living Energy
13. Could Gestures and Words Substitute for the Elements?
14. From Being Alone in Nature to Being Two in Love
15. Becoming Humans
16. Cultivating and Sharing Life Between All
Epilogue
Notes
Michael Marder
Prologue
1. Seeking Refuge in the Vegetal World
2. A Culture Forgetful of Life
3. Sharing Universal Breathing
4. The Generative Potential of the Elements
5. Living at the Rhythm of the Seasons
6. A Recovery of the Amazing Diversity of Natural Presence
7. Cultivating Our Sensory Perceptions
8. Feeling Nostalgia for a Human Companion
9. Risking to Go Back Among Humans
10. Losing Oneself and Asking Nature for Help Again
11. Encountering Another Human in the Woods
12. Wondering How to Cultivate Our Living Energy
13. Could Gestures and Words Substitute for the Elements?
14. From Being Alone in Nature to Being Two in Love
15. Becoming Humans
16. Cultivating and Sharing Life Between All
Epilogue
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Luce Irigaray is director of research in philosophy at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. She is the author of more than thirty books, the most recent of which are Sharing the World and In the Beginning, She Was.

Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Among his books are Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life and The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium.