and To Hell and Back
Very abundant illustrations: charts and sky scenes for years ahead
and it costs no more than a box of ammo
and modeling snowmelt runoff
not to speak of the typewriter and the Daguerreotype
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects POE003000 and To Hell and Backnimal, Mineral, Vegetable examines what happens when we cease to assume that only humans exert agency. Through a careful examination of medieval, early modern and contemporary lifeworlds, these essays collectively argue against ecological anthropocentricity. Sheep, wolves, camels, flowers, chairs, magnets, landscapes, refuse and gems are more than mere objects. They act; they withdraw; they make demands; they connect within lively networks that might