{"product_id":"9781350502611","title":"Images of the Plant Humanities Theory, Art and the Botanic Gaze","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEnvironmental Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eImages of the Plant Humanities\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTheory, Art and the Botanic Gaze\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDanielle Sands | Richard Kerridge | Daniel Whistler | Greg Garrard\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHI048000\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the words and images used to represent plants, this interdisciplinary book examines how vegetal life has been theorised both in the contemporary plant humanities, a developing field of research which aims to rectify the traditional neglect of plants as a model for thinking, and in Western modernity more generally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the varied ways that the vegetal has been represented, misrepresented, or even hidden, during modernity, it studies how philosophical, scientific and environmental theories, as well as colonial histories, have determined these representations, as well as how these representations have themselves influenced theory. Bringing aesthetic depictions of plant life into conversation with philosophical, cultural, literary and scientific thinking, it looks to return our attention to vegetal life, and to challenge traditional assumptions regarding plant intelligence, agency and communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle Sands \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Whistler \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350502611\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936231555212,"sku":"9781350502611","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_37fb2c65-e5a6-429c-924f-14d4a34c9c4e.jpg?v=1786015689","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350502611","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}