LEADER 04122nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910971587803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791488522 010 $a0791488527 010 $a9780585479040 010 $a0585479046 035 $a(CKB)111087027855276 035 $a(EBL)3408019 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000266923 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11937631 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266923 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305054 035 $a(PQKB)10147163 035 $a(OCoLC)53481959 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5878 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408019 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587218 035 $a(DE-B1597)683809 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791488522 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408019 035 $a(Perlego)2673109 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027855276 100 $a20020618d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe vegetative soul $efrom philosophy of nature to subjectivity in the feminine /$fElaine P. Miller 210 $aAlbany, NY $cState University of New York Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 225 0$aSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780791453926 311 08$a0791453928 311 08$a9780791453919 311 08$a079145391X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index. 327 $a""G""""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" 330 $aThe Vegetative Soul demonstrates that one significant resource for the postmodern critique of subjectivity can be found in German Idealism and Romanticism, specifically in the philosophy of nature. Miller demonstrates that the perception of German Idealism and Romanticism as the culmination of the philosophy of the subject overlooks the nineteenth-century critique of subjectivity with reference to the natural world. This book's contribution is its articulation of a plant-like subjectivity. The vision of the human being as plant combats the now familiar conception of the modern subject as atomistic, autonomous, and characterized primarily by its separability and freedom from nature. Reading Kant, Goethe, Hölderlin, Hegel, and Nietzsche, Miller juxtaposes two strands of nineteenth-century German thought, comparing the more familiar "animal" understanding of individuation and subjectivity to an alternative "plantlike" one that emphasizes interdependence, vulnerability, and metamorphosis.While providing the necessary historical context, the book also addresses a question that has been very important for recent feminist theory, especially French feminism, namely, the question of the possible configuration of a feminine subject. The idea of the "vegetative" subject takes the traditional alignment of the feminine with nature and the earth and subverts and transforms it into a positive possibility. Although the roots of this alternative conception of subjectivity can be found in Kant's third Critique and its legacy in nineteenth-century Naturphilosophie, the work of Luce Irigaray brings it to fruition. 410 0$aSUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy 606 $aSubjectivity 606 $aFeminist theory 606 $aBotany$zGermany$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPhilosophy of nature$zGermany$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aBotany$zGermany$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPhilosophy of nature$zGermany$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aSubjectivity. 615 0$aFeminist theory. 615 0$aBotany$xHistory 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory 615 0$aBotany$xHistory 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory 676 $a113/.0943/09034 700 $aMiller$b Elaine P.$f1962-$01629264 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971587803321 996 $aThe vegetative soul$94352802 997 $aUNINA