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Title: Philosopher’s Plant, The: An Intellectual Herbarium
Author: MARDER MICHAEL
Illustrator: ROUSSEL MATHILDE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/11/2014
Imprint: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $51.95
Publishing status: Active
Despite their conceptual allergy to vegetal life, philosophers have used germination, growth, blossoming, fruition, reproduction, and decay as illustrations of abstract concepts; mentioned plants in passing as the natural backdrops for dialogues, letters, and other compositions; spun elaborate allegories out of flowers, trees, and even grass; and recommended appropriate medicinal, dietary, and aesthetic approaches to select species of plants. In this book, Michael Marder illuminates the elaborate vegetal centerpieces and hidden kernels that have powered theoretical discourse for centuries. Choosing twelve botanical specimens that correspond to twelve significant philosophers, he recasts the development of philosophy through the evolution of human and plant relations. A philosophical history for the postmetaphysical age, The Philosopher’s Plant reclaims the organic heritage of human thought. With the help of vegetal images, examples, and metaphors, the book clears a path through philosophy’s tangled roots and dense undergrowth, opening up the discipline to all readers.
ISBN: 9780231169035
Weight: 454g
Dimension: 229mm X 152mm
Pages: 288