Trash talks: revelations in the rubbish

People's notorious habits of disposal appear to have put them well on the way to making the earth inhospitable to life. But their relation to rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. Trash Talks offers a portrait of the intimate ties people maintain with the dumped and discard...

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Main Author: Spelman, Elizabeth V. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:People's notorious habits of disposal appear to have put them well on the way to making the earth inhospitable to life. But their relation to rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. Trash Talks offers a portrait of the intimate ties people maintain with the dumped and discarded. Scavenging with abandon from sundry sources, including Veblen, Darwin, Freud, Plato, Buddha, Milton, and Locke, the book explores the extent to which people rely on trash and waste to make sense of their lives and to shape connections with others
ISBN:9780190239381
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190239350.001.0001

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