03842nam 2200721Ia 450 991045765640332120200520144314.00-8166-8533-9(CKB)1000000000347173(EBL)310252(OCoLC)476093298(SSID)ssj0000177929(PQKBManifestationID)11198899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177929(PQKBWorkID)10218060(PQKB)11487380(SSID)ssj0000280715(PQKBManifestationID)12061799(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280715(PQKBWorkID)10291203(PQKB)11707371(OCoLC)232159879(MdBmJHUP)muse39350(MiAaPQ)EBC310252(Au-PeEL)EBL310252(CaPaEBR)ebr10159422(CaONFJC)MIL523412(EXLCZ)99100000000034717319960410d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the nature of things[electronic resource] language, politics, and the environment /Jane Bennett and William Chaloupka, editorsMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19931 online resource (292 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-2308-2 0-8166-2307-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: TV Dinners and the Organic Brunch; Part I: The Call of the Wild; Chapter 1 The Great Wild Hope: Nature, Environmentalism, and the Open Secret; Chapter 2 Building Wilderness; Chapter 3 Intimate Distance: The Dislocation of Nature in Modernity; Part II: Animal and Artifice; Chapter 4 ""Manning"" the Frontiers: The Politics of (Human) Nature in Blade Runner; Chapter 5 Brave New World in the Discourses of Reproductive and Genetic Technologies; Chapter 6 Going Wild: The Contested Terrain of Nature; Part III: Environmentalist TalkChapter 7 Restoring Nature: Natives and ExoticsChapter 8 Green Consumerism: Ecology and the Ruse of Recycling; Chapter 9 Green Fields/Brown Skin: Posting as a Sign of Recognition; Part IV: The Order(ing) of Nature; Chapter 10 Voices from the Whirlwind; Chapter 11 Ecotones and Environmental Ethics: Adorno and Lopez; Chapter 12 Primate Visions and Alter-Tales; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YInformed 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 lHuman ecologyPhilosophyPhilosophy of natureEnvironmental ethicsEnvironmental protectionMoral and ethical aspectsElectronic books.Human ecologyPhilosophy.Philosophy of nature.Environmental ethics.Environmental protectionMoral and ethical aspects.304.2/01Bennett Jane1957-885724Chaloupka William1948-931418MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457656403321In the nature of things2095209UNINA