An Ontology of Trash: The Disposable and Its Problematic NatureState University of New York Press, 2012 M02 1 - 238 páginas Plastic bags, newspapers, pizza boxes, razors, watches, diapers, toothbrushes ... What makes a thing disposable? Which of its properties allows us to treat it as if it did not matter, or as if it actually lacked matter? Why do so many objects appear to us as nothing more than brief flashes between checkout-line and landfill? In An Ontology of Trash, Greg Kennedy inquires into the meaning of disposable objects and explores the nature of our prodigious refuse. He takes trash as a real ontological problem resulting from our unsettled relation to nature. The metaphysical drive from immanence to transcendence leaves us in an alien world of objects drained of meaningful physical presence. Consequently, they become interpreted as beings that somehow essentially lack being, and exist in our technological world only to disappear. Kennedy explores this problematic nature and looks for possibilities of salutary change. |
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... means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 194 ...
... means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 194 ...
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... means the study of being; it is a technical term designating a specific branch of philosophy that investigates why things simply are. “Trash” has no technical but many popular meanings. Contrary to “ontol- ogy” and the esoteric inquiry ...
... means the study of being; it is a technical term designating a specific branch of philosophy that investigates why things simply are. “Trash” has no technical but many popular meanings. Contrary to “ontol- ogy” and the esoteric inquiry ...
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... means for observing our- selves. An ontology of trash is ultimately self-exploration. But even if this justifies a serious philosophical look at trash, why ontology? A study of trash cannot be anything but ontological because, with ...
... means for observing our- selves. An ontology of trash is ultimately self-exploration. But even if this justifies a serious philosophical look at trash, why ontology? A study of trash cannot be anything but ontological because, with ...
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... mean that much, if not most, of our ordinary commerce with the world involves destruction? Does consuming disposable goods radically differ from using and maintaining durables? If so, then where does the difference lie—or is it buried ...
... mean that much, if not most, of our ordinary commerce with the world involves destruction? Does consuming disposable goods radically differ from using and maintaining durables? If so, then where does the difference lie—or is it buried ...
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... means to live endanger our existence? Ontology takes up the question of the meaning of trash because it perceives ... mean living in harmony with our nature or essence. But just what constitutes our essence? Indeed, do we not already ...
... means to live endanger our existence? Ontology takes up the question of the meaning of trash because it perceives ... mean living in harmony with our nature or essence. But just what constitutes our essence? Indeed, do we not already ...
Contenido
1 Waste | 1 |
2 The Body | 23 |
3 Food | 55 |
4 The City | 89 |
5 Trash | 121 |
6 Human Extinction | 157 |
Before the End | 183 |
Notes | 189 |
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An Ontology of Trash: The Disposable and Its Problematic Nature Greg Kennedy Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
An Ontology of Trash: The Disposable and Its Problematic Nature Greg Kennedy Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
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