TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marder,Michael
AU  - Roussel,Mathilde
TI  - The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium 
SN  - 9780231169035
AV  - QK46 .M36 2014
U1  - 780.01 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - Botany
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Human-plant relationships
KW  - Music and philosophy
KW  - Plants
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/mard16902
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231538138
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231538138/original
ER  -