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Trash talks : revelations in the rubbish /

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People's notorious habits of disposal appear to have put them well on the way to making the earth inhospitable to life. But their relation to rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. Trash Talks offers a portrait of the intimate ties people maintain with the dumped and discard...

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Main Author: Spelman, Elizabeth V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Values.
Material culture.
Philosophical anthropology.
Refuse Disposal
Déchets > Élimination.
Culture matérielle.
Anthropologie philosophique.
material culture (discipline)
philosophical anthropology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Material culture
Philosophical anthropology
Refuse and refuse disposal
Values
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:People's notorious habits of disposal appear to have put them well on the way to making the earth inhospitable to life. But their relation to rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. Trash Talks offers a portrait of the intimate ties people maintain with the dumped and discarded. Scavenging with abandon from sundry sources, including Veblen, Darwin, Freud, Plato, Buddha, Milton, and Locke, the book explores the extent to which people rely on trash and waste to make sense of their lives and to shape connections with others.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190239381
0190239387
9780190239367
0190239360