Contributions

  • Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome - Contributor

Publication

2012 - punctum books, Brooklyn, NY

Word Count

73,750 words, Guess

Page Count

295 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-1030006100
  • ISBN-1330006100
  • Open LibraryOL31372651M

Description

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?

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