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1 online resource |
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text file |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Trash€Talks; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Combing through the Trash; 2. A Taste for Waste; 3. On Taking Out the Trash; 4. Evolutionary Trash; 5. Desire, Dissatisfaction, and Disposability; 6. On Knowing Waste When You See€It; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Refuse and refuse disposal.
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Refuse and refuse disposal. |
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Values.
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Values. |
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Material culture.
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Material culture. |
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Philosophical anthropology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spelman, Elizabeth V. Trash talks. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016] 9780190239350 (DLC) 2015030985 (OCoLC)921864581 |
| ISBN |
9780190239381 (electronic book) |
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0190239387 (electronic book) |
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9780190239367 |
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0190239360 |
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9780190239350 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0190239352 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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