Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-01-22
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 18
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Mentioned: Hyperobjects by Timothy Morton, Hyperobjects Philosophy And Ecology After The End Of The World by Timothy Morton, and Ecology Without Nature by Timothy Morton.
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Hyperobjects
Hyperobjects by Timothy Morton is a philosophical exploration of massive ecological phenomena, such as climate change and radiation, that are so vast and enduring that humans can only perceive them in fragments rather than in their totality.
Discussed“Quoting from Morton's book, Hyperobjects: The Philosophy and Ecology after the end of the world. Quote, "Consider raindrops. You can feel them on your head, but you can't perceive the actual raindrop in itself.”
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Hyperobjects Philosophy And Ecology After The End Of The World
Hyperobjects Philosophy And Ecology After The End Of The World by Timothy Morton is a philosophical exploration of massive, distributed ecological phenomena that exceed human sensory perception and comprehension.
Discussed“Quoting from Morton's book, Hyperobjects: The Philosophy and Ecology after the end of the world. Quote, "Consider raindrops. You can feel them on your head, but you can't perceive the actual raindrop in itself.”
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Ecology Without Nature
Ecology Without Nature by Timothy Morton is a critical examination of environmental aesthetics and the philosophical pitfalls of treating nature as a separate, idealized entity.
Discussed“We have to kill the anthroposine in our own head. A quote from one of Morton's other books titled Ecology Without Nature. Putting something called nature on a pedestal and admiring it from afar does for the environment what patriarchy does for the figure of a woman.”
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