The Vegetative Soul
From Philosophy of Nature to Subjectivity in the Feminine
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
260 pages
978-0-7914-8852-2 (ISBN)
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Rethinks the soul in plant-like terms rather than animal, drawing from nineteenth-century philosophy of nature.
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Elaine P. Miller is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Miami University.
Content
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. KANT
The English Garden
2. GOETHE
The Metamorphosis of Plants
3. HÖLDERLIN
Gleaning
4. FIGURES OF PLANT VULNERABILITY
Empedocles and the Tragic Christ
5. HEGEL
The Self-Sacrifice of the Innocent Plant
6. NIETZSCHE
The Ivy and the Vine
CONCLUSION: DISSEMINATION, RHIZOMES, EFFLORESCENCE
The Legacy of the Vegetative Soul in Twentieth-Century Thought
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. KANT
The English Garden
2. GOETHE
The Metamorphosis of Plants
3. HÖLDERLIN
Gleaning
4. FIGURES OF PLANT VULNERABILITY
Empedocles and the Tragic Christ
5. HEGEL
The Self-Sacrifice of the Innocent Plant
6. NIETZSCHE
The Ivy and the Vine
CONCLUSION: DISSEMINATION, RHIZOMES, EFFLORESCENCE
The Legacy of the Vegetative Soul in Twentieth-Century Thought
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
