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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects
- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (editor)
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| Title | Animal, Vegetable, Mineral |
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| Subtitle | Ethics and Objects |
| Contributor | Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (editor) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0006.1.00 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/animal-vegetable-mineral-ethics-and-objects/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Copyright | Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Publication place | Brooklyn, NY |
| Published on | 2012-05-07 |
| ISBN | 978-0-615-62535-5 (Paperback) |
| Long abstract | Animal, Mineral, Vegetable examines what happens when we cease to assume that only humans exert agency. Through a careful examination of medieval, early modern and contemporary lifeworlds, these essays collectively argue against ecological anthropocentricity. Sheep, wolves, camels, flowers, chairs, magnets, landscapes, refuse and gems are more than mere objects. They act; they withdraw; they make demands; they connect within lively networks that might foster a new humanism, or that might proceed with indifference towards human affairs. Through what ethics do we respond to these activities and forces? To what futures do these creatures and objects invite us, especially when they appear within the texts and cultures of the “distant” past? |
| Print length | 295 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 127 x 203 mm | 5" x 8" (Paperback) |
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Contents
Frontmatter
(pp. i–xv)- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Introduction: All Things
(pp. 1–8)- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
- Karl Steel
Animals and the Medieval Culture of Empire
(pp. 35–63)- Sharon Kinoshita
The Floral and the Human
(pp. 65–90)- Peggy McCracken
Exemplary Rocks
(pp. 91–121)- Kellie Roberston
Mineral Virtue
(pp. 123–152)- Valerie Allen
You Are Here: A Manifesto
(pp. 153–172)- Eileen A. Joy
Sheep Tracks: A Multi-Species Impression
(pp. 173–209)- Julian Yates
The Renaissance Res Publica of Furniture
(pp. 211–236)- Julia Reinhard Lupton
- Jane Bennett
- Lowell Duckert
- Nedda Mehdizadeh
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Twenty Questions
(pp. 289–295)- Jonathan Gil Harris
Backmatter
(pp. 297–297)- Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Contributors