Trash Talks: Revelations in the Rubbish by Elizabeth V. Spelman (English) Hardco
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Trash Talks by Elizabeth V. Spelman Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Our relation to rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. We maintain intimate bonds with the dumped and discarded. Scavenging with abandon from sundry sources, Spelman explores the extent to which we rely on trash and waste to make sense of our lives and to shape connections among us. Publisher Description A lively investigation of the intimate connections we maintain with the things we toss away It's hard to think of trash as anything but a growing menace. Our communities face crises over what to do with the mountains of rubbish we produce, the enormous amount of biological waste generated by humans and animals, and the truckloads of electronic equipment judged to be obsolete. All this effluvia poses widespread problems for humanhealth, the well-being of the planet, and the quality of our lives.But though our notorious habits of disposal have put us well on the way to making the earth inhospitable to life, our relationto rejectamenta includes much more than shedding and tossing. In Trash Talks, philosopher Elizabeth V. Spelman explores the extent to which we rely on trash and waste to make sense of our lives. Examples are rich: We use people's rubbish to gain information about them. We trumpet wastefulness as a means of signaling social status. We take the occupation of handling trash and garbage as revelatory of possible moral or spiritual shortcomings. We are intrigued by or in distressover the idea that evolution is a prodigiously wasteful process and that it is to the dustbin that each of us, and our species, shall ultimately repair. In the heaps of our trash, some see consequences ofdissatisfaction, while others find confirmation of a flourishing consumer economy. While we may want to shove debris and detritus out of sight, many of our most impassioned projects involve keeping these objects resolutely in mind. Trash talks, and there is much of which it speaks. Author Biography Elizabeth V. Spelman is Professor of Philosophy and Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Humanities at Smith College. Trash Talks, her fourth book, shares with her earlier work on repair a preoccupation with mining philosophically rich features of everyday activities. She lives and produces rubbish in Northampton, Massachusetts. Details ISBN 0190239352 ISBN-13 9780190239350 Title Trash Talks Author Elizabeth V. Spelman Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 256 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:137029680; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
