Waste: a philosophy of things

by Viney, William

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Title Statements

Full title :Waste : a philosophy of things / William Viney.

Summary

"Why are people so interested in what they and others throw away? This book shows how this interest in what we discard is far from new -- it is integral to how we make, build and describe our lived environment. As this wide-ranging new study reveals, waste has been a polarizing topic for millennia and has been treated as a rich resource by artists, writers, philosophers and architects. Drawing on the works of Giorgio Agamben, T.S. Eliot, Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, James Joyce, Bruno Latour and many others, Waste: A Philosophy of Things investigates the complexities of waste in sculpture, literature and architecture. It traces a new philosophy of things from the ancient to the modern and will be of interest to those working in cultural and literary studies, archaeology, architecture and continental philosophy"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781472530011, 1472530012, 1472525531, 9781472525536, 9781472594358, 1472594355
oclc:ocn876592509
LC Classification:TD793
Dewey Decimal:363.72/801

Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Collecting Waste -- 2. Narrating the Event of Waste -- 3. Archaeologies of Waste -- Part II: Writing Waste -- 4. The Poetic Economies of T.S. Eliot -- 5. Reading Joycean Disjecta -- Part III: Building Ruins -- 6. Ruins Past -- 7. Ruins of the Future -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subjects

Antiquities -- Philosophy Arkeologi i litteraturen Avfallshantering -- etik och moral Avfallshantering -- psykologiska aspekt… Avfallshantering -- teori, filosofi BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure Déchets -- Élimination Gaspillage dans la littérature PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics Philosophy of science Refuse and refuse disposal -- Philosophy Ruiner i litteraturen Ruines dans la littérature Ruins in literature SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects Social & cultural anthropology, ethnogr… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General Waste (Economics) in literature