TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
T2 - The work that plants do
AU - Ernwein, Marion
AU - Palmer, James
AU - Ginn, Franklin
PY - 2021/10/20
Y1 - 2021/10/20
N2 - Whether driven by developments in plant science, bio-philosophy, or broader societal dynamics, plants have to respond to a litany of environmental, social, and economic challenges. This collection explores the `work' that plants do in contemporary capitalism, examining how vegetal life is enrolled in processes of value creation, social reproduction, and capital accumulation. Bringing together insights from geography, anthropology, and the environmental humanities, the contributors contend that attention to the diverse capacities and agencies of plants can both enrich understandings of capitalist economies, and also catalyze new forms of resistance to their logics.
AB - Whether driven by developments in plant science, bio-philosophy, or broader societal dynamics, plants have to respond to a litany of environmental, social, and economic challenges. This collection explores the `work' that plants do in contemporary capitalism, examining how vegetal life is enrolled in processes of value creation, social reproduction, and capital accumulation. Bringing together insights from geography, anthropology, and the environmental humanities, the contributors contend that attention to the diverse capacities and agencies of plants can both enrich understandings of capitalist economies, and also catalyze new forms of resistance to their logics.
U2 - 10.1515/9783839455340
DO - 10.1515/9783839455340
M3 - Chapter in a book
SN - 9783837655346
T3 - Sozial- und Kulturgeographie
SP - 15
EP - 31
BT - The Work That Plants Do: Life, Labour and the Future of Vegetal Economies
PB - Berlin: Transcript Verlag
CY - Magdeburg
ER -