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The margins of philosophy are populated by non-human, non-animal living beings, including plants. While contemporary philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with vegetal life, Michael Marder puts this life at the forefront of the current deconstruction of metaphysics. He identifies the existential features of plant behavior and the vegetal heritage of human thought so as to affirm the potential of vegetation to resist the logic of totalization and to exceed the narrow confines of instrumentality. Reconstructing the life of plants ?after metaphysics," Mar

Human-plant relationships --- Ontology --- Plants --- Flora --- Plant kingdom --- Plantae --- Vascular plants --- Vegetable kingdom --- Vegetation --- Wildlife --- Organisms --- Botany --- Being --- Philosophy --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Substance (Philosophy) --- Man and plants --- Man-plant relationships --- Plant-human relationships --- Plant-man relationships --- Plants and man --- Relationships, Human-plant --- Human beings --- Botany, Economic --- Ethnobotany --- Synanthropic plants --- Ontology. --- Human-plant relationships. --- Philosophy. --- Plants -- Philosophy. --- Philosophy of nature

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Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged 'western' understandings of man's place in the world. By exploring the social relations between humans and non-human entities credited with human-like personhood (not only animals and plants, but also 'things' such as artifacts, trade items, or mineral resources) from a comparative perspective, this volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of the two areas. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of th

Shamanism --- Human-plant relationships --- Human-animal relationships --- Chamanisme --- Relations homme-plante --- Relations homme-animal --- Religions --- Animal-human relationships --- Animal-man relationships --- Animals and humans --- Human beings and animals --- Man-animal relationships --- Relationships, Human-animal --- Animals --- Man and plants --- Man-plant relationships --- Plant-human relationships --- Plant-man relationships --- Plants and man --- Relationships, Human-plant --- Human beings --- Plants --- Botany, Economic --- Ethnobotany --- Synanthropic plants

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Flowers have played an important role in human culture for thousands of years, symbolizing love, sorrow, and renewal. They provide bursts of color to homes and gardens and convey messages to friends, family, and significant others. Yet we often overlook their real purpose--why do flowers exist and why are they certain colors, shapes, and smells? In nature, flowers are key to healthy ecosystems and play a functional role, increasing a plant's chances for survival. Flowers have evolved to attract specific pollinators and to take advantage of climate variables and animal migration to disperse seeds, ensuring that the species will survive. These fine-tuned methods have evolved over a long period of time, and the importance of pollination and seed dispersal to a healthy environment cannot be overstated. As climate change places pressure on animals and plants, it is also challenging these methods flowers have developed for survival. The Fogdens describe flowers' functions and structures, pollination and seed dispersal methods, and close the book with descriptions of their favorite tropical flowers. The information is illustrated with intimate photographs of flowers and pollinators.

Animal-plant relationships. --- Human-plant relationships. --- Flowers. --- Blooms (Flowers) --- Blossoms --- Flowering plants --- Inflorescences --- Plants --- Floral products --- Man and plants --- Man-plant relationships --- Plant-human relationships --- Plant-man relationships --- Plants and man --- Relationships, Human-plant --- Human beings --- Botany, Economic --- Ethnobotany --- Synanthropic plants --- Animal-plant interactions --- Animals and plants --- Interactions, Animal-plant --- Plant-animal interactions --- Plant-animal relationships --- Plants and animals --- Relationships, Animal-plant --- Ecology

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Greenhouse Planet reveals the stakes of increased carbon dioxide for plants, people, and ecosystems-from crop yields to seasonal allergies and from wildfires to biodiversity. The veteran plant biologist Lewis H. Ziska confronts the claim that "CO2 is plant food," showing why it is deeply misleading.

Plants --- Atmospheric carbon dioxide --- Human-plant relationships --- Plants and civilization --- Climatic changes --- Science --- Plants and civilization. --- Human-plant relationships. --- Man and plants --- Man-plant relationships --- Plant-human relationships --- Plant-man relationships --- Plants and man --- Relationships, Human-plant --- Human beings --- Botany, Economic --- Ethnobotany --- Synanthropic plants --- Civilization and plants --- Civilization --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- Plant ecology. Plant sociology --- Plant husbandry

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Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies. Cannabis has long been prized for the strong and durable fiber in its stalks, its edible and oil-rich seeds, and the psychoactive and medicinal compounds produced by its female flowers. The culturally valuable and often irreplaceable goods derived from cannabis deeply influenced the commercial, medical, ritual, and religious practices of cultures throughout the ages, and human desire for these commodities directed the evolution of the plant toward its contemporary varieties. As interest in cannabis grows and public debate over its many uses rises, this book will help us understand why humanity continues to rely on this plant and adapts it to suit our needs.

Cannabis. --- Cannabis --- Human-plant relationships. --- Cannabis gigantea --- Cannabis indica --- Cannabis sativa --- Gallow grass --- Cannabaceae --- Marijuana --- Man and plants --- Man-plant relationships --- Plant-human relationships --- Plant-man relationships --- Plants and man --- Relationships, Human-plant --- Human beings --- Plants --- Botany, Economic --- Ethnobotany --- Synanthropic plants --- Evolution. --- Utilization. --- agriculture. --- botanists. --- botany. --- cannabis fibers. --- cannabis seeds. --- cannabis. --- commercial plant. --- controversy. --- cultural history. --- drugs. --- ethnobotany. --- human interaction. --- human societies. --- interdisciplinary. --- life sciences. --- marijuana. --- medicinal plants. --- nonfiction. --- origins of cannabis. --- plant evolution. --- plant medicine. --- plant sciences. --- pot lovers. --- pot. --- psychoactive compounds. --- public debate. --- religious uses. --- retrospective. --- ritual uses. --- role of cannabis.