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The work that plants do : life, labour and the future of vegetal economies /
"Whether driven by developments in plant science, bio-philosophy, or broader societal dynamics, plants have to respond to a litany of environmental, social, and economic challenges. This collection explores the `work' that plants do in contemporary capitalism, examining how vegetal life is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Transcript,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Sozial- und Kulturgeographie ;
Bd. 45. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Whether driven by developments in plant science, bio-philosophy, or broader societal dynamics, plants have to respond to a litany of environmental, social, and economic challenges. This collection explores the `work' that plants do in contemporary capitalism, examining how vegetal life is enrolled in processes of value creation, social reproduction, and capital accumulation. Bringing together insights from geography, anthropology, and the environmental humanities, the contributors contend that attention to the diverse capacities and agencies of plants can both enrich understandings of capitalist economies, and also catalyze new forms of resistance to their logics"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9783839455340 3839455340 |
| ISSN: | 2703-1659 |