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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA superbly presented seminal work... Highly recommended. Midwest Book Review Profoundly original Choice We owe Marder...a great debt for widening the contemporary philosophical discussion of life and ethics, taking it into the plant kingdom. -- Jeffrey T. Nealon Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Michael Marder's book Plant-Thinking is a timely contribution to the project of expanding ethical considerations to non-human beings... This is a strong contribution to the post-metaphysical project. Canadian Philosophical Review Life-changing Bangalore Review Anyone can find something of note or amusement here. Publishers Weekly
Table of ContentsForeword by Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala Acknowledgments Introduction: To Encounter the Plants ... Part I. Vegetal Anti-Metaphysics 1. The Soul of the Plant 2. The Body of the Plant Part II. Vegetal Existentiality 3. The Time of Plants 4. The Freedom of Plants 5. The Wisdom of Plants Epilogue: The Ethical Offshoots of Plant-Thinking Notes Works Cited Index