In the Nature of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment

by Jane Bennett

Book Overview

Informed 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816623082
• ISBN13: 9780816623082
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"