Plants in Place: A Phenomenology of the Vegetal (Critical Life Studies)

Table of Contents Preface: Walking Among Plants Acknowledgments 1. The Placial Basis of Plant Sessility and Mobility 2. Peripheral Power: Structural Dynamics at the Edges of Plants Interlude I. How Plants Think 3. Taking Trees Over the Edge Interlude II. Plants Up-Close: The Case of Moss 4. The Shared Sociality of Trees, with Implications for Place Interlude III. Plants from Afar: As Seen in Landscape Painting 5. Attachment and Detachment in the Place of Plants Conclusion: The Fate of Places, the Fate of Plants Notes Index