Vegetal Sex: Philosophy of Plants

by Stella Sandford

This book introduces the reader to the exciting new field of plant philosophy and takes it in a new direction to ask: what does it mean to say that plants are sexed? Do 'male' and 'female' really mean the same when applied to humans, trees, fungi and algae? Are the zoological categories of sex really adequate for understanding the - uniquely 'dibiontic' - life cycle of plants?

Vegetal Sex addresses these questions through a detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350274933
• ISBN13: 9781350274938
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages