The Philosopher's Plant : An Intellectual Herbarium /
Marder, Michael
The Philosopher's Plant : An Intellectual Herbarium / Michael Marder. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 12 b&w
Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE: HERBARIUM PHILOSOPHICUM -- Part I. Ancient Plant-Souls -- 1 / Plato's Plane Tree -- 2 / Aristotle's Wheat -- 3 / Plotinus' Anonymous "Great Plant" -- Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments -- 4 / Augustine's Pears -- 5 / Avicenna's Celery -- 6 / Maimonides' Palm Tree -- Part III. Modern Plant-Images -- 7 / Leibniz's Blades of Grass -- 8 / Kant's Tulip -- 9 / Hegel's Grapes -- Part IV. Postmodern Plant-Subjects -- 10 / Heidegger's Apple Tree -- 11 / Derrida's Sunflowers -- 12 / Irigaray's Water Lily -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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 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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231169035 9780231538138
10.7312/mard16902 doi
2014010349
Botany--History.
Botany--Philosophy.
Human-plant relationships.
Music and philosophy.
Plants--Adaptation.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction.
QK46 / .M36 2014 ML79 / .N6813 2015
780.01
The Philosopher's Plant : An Intellectual Herbarium / Michael Marder. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 12 b&w
Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE: HERBARIUM PHILOSOPHICUM -- Part I. Ancient Plant-Souls -- 1 / Plato's Plane Tree -- 2 / Aristotle's Wheat -- 3 / Plotinus' Anonymous "Great Plant" -- Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments -- 4 / Augustine's Pears -- 5 / Avicenna's Celery -- 6 / Maimonides' Palm Tree -- Part III. Modern Plant-Images -- 7 / Leibniz's Blades of Grass -- 8 / Kant's Tulip -- 9 / Hegel's Grapes -- Part IV. Postmodern Plant-Subjects -- 10 / Heidegger's Apple Tree -- 11 / Derrida's Sunflowers -- 12 / Irigaray's Water Lily -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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 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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231169035 9780231538138
10.7312/mard16902 doi
2014010349
Botany--History.
Botany--Philosophy.
Human-plant relationships.
Music and philosophy.
Plants--Adaptation.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction.
QK46 / .M36 2014 ML79 / .N6813 2015
780.01