In the Nature of Things : Language, Politics, and the Environment

Introduction : Tv Dinners And The Organic Brunch -- Pt.1. The Call Of The Wild. The Great Wild Hope : Nature, Environmentalism, And The Open Secret / William Chaloupka And R. Mcgreggor Cawley -- Building Wilderness / Wade Sikorski -- Intimate Distance : The Dislocation Of Nature In Modernity / Shane Phelan -- Pt.2. Animal And Artifice. Manning The Frontiers : The Politics Of (human) Nature In Blade Runner / Michael J. Shapiro -- Brave New World In The Discourses Of Reproductive And Genetic Technologies / Valeris Hartouni -- Going Wild : The Contested Terrain Of Nature / Jan E. Dizard -- Pt.3. Environmentalist Talk. Restoring Nature : Natives And Exotics / John Rodman -- Green Consumerism : Ecology And The Ruse Of Recycling / Timothy W. Luke -- Green Fields/brown Skin : Posting As A Sign Of Recognition / Cheri Lucas And Bruce H. Jennings -- Pt.4. The Order(ing) Of Nature. Voices From The Whirlwind / William E. Connolly -- Ecotones And Environmental Ethics : Adorno And Lopez / Romans Coles -- Primate Visions And Alter-tales / Jane Bennett. Jane Bennett And William Chaloupka, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Annotation Informed by recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, this book addresses the presumption that nature exists independent of culture and, in particular, of language