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In The Nature Of Things - Language, Politics, and the Environment (Paperback)
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In The Nature Of Things - Language, Politics, and the Environment (Paperback)
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Much contemporary theoretical writing on the environment has
focused on a number of approaches that rest on an appeal to nature
as either superior to politics or something entirely susceptible to
human control. "In the Nature of Things" offers an alternative
conception of the environmental debate, one that questions the idea
of nature as a grounding centre of political thought. Informed by
recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, "In
the Nature of Things" addresses the presumption that nature exists
independent of culture and, in particular, of language. The
theoretical approaches of the contributors represent both modernist
and postmodernist positions, including feminist theory, critical
theory, Marxism, science fiction, theology, and botany. They
demonstrate how the concept of nature is invoked and constituted in
a wide range of cultural projects from the Bible to science fiction
movies, from hunting to green consumerism. The collection as a
whole ultimately seeks to link the work of theorists concerned with
nature and the environment to non-theorists who share similar
concerns. Jane Bennett"s works include "Unthinking Faith and
Enlightenment" and articles that explore the relationship between
literary and theoretical portrayals of contemporary political
issues. William Chaloupka teaches American politics and political
theory at the University of Montana. He is the author of "Knowing
Nukes: The Politics and Culture of the Atom" (Minnesota, 1992) and
co-editor, with William Stearns, of "Jean Baudrillard: the
Disappearance of Art and Politics".
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