Name: The Work That Plants Do
Brand: transcript
SKU: 9783837655346
Price: 27.94 GBP
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The Work That Plants Do

Edited by: Marion Ernwein, Edited by: Franklin Ginn, Edited by: James Palmer

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Published: 22-Oct-2021
ISBN: 9783837655346

Hardback
222 Pages

Subjects:
Social impact of environmental issues
Human geography
Sociology: work & labour
Globalization
Consumerism
Organizational theory & behaviour
Political structure & processes
Politics & government
Central government policies
Ethics & moral philosophy
Philosophy
Cultural studies
Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology
Social & cultural anthropology
ethnography
Economics
finance
business & management
Environmental economics
Sustainability
Business ethics & social responsibility
International economics

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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.