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HumanitiesBotanyPhilosophyExistentialismPhilosophy Of ScienceEnvironmental EthicsHuman-plant InteractionsCultural Significance Of PlantsPlant AestheticsPlant RepresentationTranscendentalist Environmental ThoughtVegetal AllegoryVegetative Soul
The book opens with a foreword by Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala, followed by acknowledgments and an introduction titled “To Encounter the Plants.” The authors aim to explore the wisdom of plants and its ethical offshoots, as outlined in the epilogue “The Ethical Offshoots of Plant‑Thinking.” The volume is divided into two parts: Part I covers Vegetal Anti‑Metaphysics, The Soul of the Plant, and The Body of the Plant; Part II addresses Vegetal Existentiality, The Time of Plants, and The Freedom of Plants.
Foreword by Gianni Vattimo and Santiago ZabalaAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: To Encounter the Plants . . . Part I. Vegetal Anti-Metaphysics1. The Soul of the Plant2. The Body of the PlantPart II. Vegetal Existentiality3. The Time of Plants4. The Freedom of Plants5. The Wisdom of PlantsEpilogue: The Ethical Offshoots of Plant-ThinkingNotesWorks CitedIndex