Plants in place a phenomenology of the vegetal / Edward S. Casey and Michael Marder.
| Author/creator | Casey, Edward S., 1939- |
| Other author | Marder, Michael, 1980- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical life studies |
| Abstract | "Plants are commonly considered immobile, in contrast to humans and other animals. But vegetal existence involves many place-based forms of change: stems growing upward, roots spreading outward, fronds unfurling in response to sunlight, seeds traveling across wide distances, and other intricate relationships with the surrounding world. How do plants as sessile, growing, decaying, and metamorphosing beings shape the places they inhabit, and how are they shaped by them? How do human places interact with those of plants-in lived experience; in landscape painting; in cultivation and contemplation; in forests, fields, gardens, and cities? Examining these questions and many more, Plants in Place is a collaborative study of vegetal phenomenology at the intersection of Edward S. Casey's phenomenology of place and Michael Marder's plant-thinking. It focuses on both the microlevel of the dynamic constitution of plant edges or a child's engagement with moss and the macrolevel of habitats that include the sociality of trees. This compelling portrait of plants and their places provides readers with new ways to appreciate the complexity and vitality of vegetal life. Eloquent, descriptively rich, and insightful, the book also shows how the worlds of plants can enhance our understanding and experience of place more broadly"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Casey, Edward S., 1939- Plants in place New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] 9780231213448 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023021836 |
| ISBN | 9780231559898 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (trade paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |