In the Nature of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment
- ISBN-10
- 0816623074
- ISBN-13
- 9780816623075
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
- Authors
- Jane Bennett, William Chaloupka
Description
Annotation. Informed by recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, this book addresses the presumption that nature exists independent of culture and, in particular, of language.
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