Through Vegetal Being (eBook)

Luce Irigaray (Author) Luce Irigaray (PhD, Linguistics, Philosophy, University of Paris VII, certification, Ecole Freudienne de Paris) is Director of Research in Philosophy at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique. Many of her works have been translated into English, including most notably An Ethics of Sexual Difference (Cornell, 1993), Between East and West (Columbia, 2002), Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche (Columbia, 1991), Sexes and Genealogies (Columbia, 1993), Speculum of the Other Woman (Cornell, 1985), and This Sex Which Is Not One (Cornell, 1985).Michael Marder (Author) Michael Marder (PhD, Philosophy, the New School) is IKERBASQUE Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country. He is the author of, among other books, Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt (Continuum, 2012), The Event of the Thing: Derrida’s Post-Deconstructive Realism (Toronto, 2013), Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life (Columbia, 2013), The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium (Columbia, 2014), Energy Dreams (Columbia, 2017), and, with Luce Irigaray, Through Vegetal Being: Two Philosophical Perspectives (Columbia, 2016).

PrefaceLuce IrigarayPrologue1. Seeking Refuge in the Vegetal World2. A Culture Forgetful of Life3. Sharing Universal Breathing4. The Generative Potential of the Elements5. Living at the Rhythm of the Seasons6. A Recovery of the Amazing Diversity of Natural Presence7. Cultivating Our Sensory Perceptions8. Feeling Nostalgia for a Human Companion9. Risking to Go Back Among Humans10. Losing Oneself and Asking Nature for Help Again11. Encountering Another Human in the Woods12. Wondering How to Cultivate Our Living Energy13. Could Gestures and Words Substitute for the Elements?14. From Being Alone in Nature to Being Two in Love15. Becoming Humans16. Cultivating and Sharing Life Between AllEpilogueNotesMichael MarderPrologue1. Seeking Refuge in the Vegetal World2. A Culture Forgetful of Life3. Sharing Universal Breathing4. The Generative Potential of the Elements5. Living at the Rhythm of the Seasons6. A Recovery of the Amazing Diversity of Natural Presence7. Cultivating Our Sensory Perceptions8. Feeling Nostalgia for a Human Companion9. Risking to Go Back Among Humans10. Losing Oneself and Asking Nature for Help Again11. Encountering Another Human in the Woods12. Wondering How to Cultivate Our Living Energy13. Could Gestures and Words Substitute for the Elements?14. From Being Alone in Nature to Being Two in Love15. Becoming Humans16. Cultivating and Sharing Life Between AllEpilogueNotesIndex