Trash Talks - Revelations in the Rubbish

Zusatztext Throughout Elizabeth V. Spelman's Trash Talks Revelations In The Rubbish, there is a whole lot of worldly behaviour to ponder upon so far as the lasting trajectory of waste is concerned. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth V. Spelman is Professor of Philosophy and Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Humanities at Smith College. Trash Talks, her fourth book, shares with her earlier work on repair a preoccupation with mining philosophically rich features of everyday activities. She lives and produces rubbish in Northampton, Massachusetts. Klappentext Our relation to rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. We maintain intimate bonds with the dumped and discarded. Scavenging with abandon from sundry sources, Spelman explores the extent to which we rely on trash and waste to make sense of our lives and to shape connections among us. Zusammenfassung Our relation to rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. We maintain intimate bonds with the dumped and discarded. Scavenging with abandon from sundry sources, Spelman explores the extent to which we rely on trash and waste to make sense of our lives and to shape connections among us. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: Combing Through the Trash Chapter Two: A Taste for Waste Chapter Three: On Taking Out the Trash Chapter Four: Evolutionary Trash Chapter Five: Desire, Dissatisfaction and Disposability Chapter Six: On Knowing Waste When You See It Epilogue Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Elizabeth V. Spelman, Elizabeth V. (Professor of Philosophy and Spelman, Elizabeth V. (Professor of Philosophy and Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Humanities Spelman, Spelman Elizabeth V.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2016
• EAN: 9780190239350
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023935-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Material Culture, Ethics and moral philosophy, Environmentalist thought and ideology, PHILOSOPHY / Environmental