Critique of Pure Nature
This book challenges the Western contemporary “praise for Nature”. From food to body practices, from ecological discourses to the Covid-19 pandemic, contemporary imaginaries abound with representations of an ideal “pure Nature”, essentially defined according to a logic of denial of any artificial, m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. (Re)Defining Nature: From Praise to Critique
- Chapter 3. Mother Nature: Representations, Isotopies, and Meanings
- Chapter 4. Between Natural and Cultural Catastrophes: A Look at Apocalyptic Collective Imaginaries
- Chapter 5. “Uncooking” the Cooked: How to Eat Nature
- Chapter 6. “Just as Nature Intended”: Reflections on Nakedness and Corporeality
- Chapter 7. A Walk Through the Light(s) and the Path Towards an Internatural Turn