In this Book
University of Minnesota Press
- In The Nature Of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment
- Book
- 1993
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
summary
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. Ultimately, it weeks to link the work of theorists concerned with nature and the environment to nontheorists who share similar concerns. Contributors include R. McGreggor Cawley, Romand Coles, William E. Connolly, Jan E. Dizard, Valerie Hartouni, Cheri Lucas Jennings, Bruce H. Jennings, Timothy W. Luke, Shane Phelan, John Rodman, Michael J. Shapiro, and Wade Sikorski.
Table of Contents
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- Part I: The Call of the Wild
- 2. Building Wilderness
- pp. 24-43
- Part II: Animal and Artifice
- Part III: Environmentalist Talk
- 7. Restoring Nature: Natives and Exotics
- pp. 139-153
- Part IV: The Order(ing) of Nature
- 10. Voices from the Whirlwind
- pp. 197-225
- 12. Primate Visions and Alter-Tales
- pp. 250-266
- Contributors
- pp. 267-270
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816685332
Related ISBN(s)
9780816623082
MARC Record
OCLC
232159879
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No