In the Nature of Things Language, Politics, and the Environment Jane Bennett and William Chaloupka, editors		$24.00 paper ISBN: 0-8166-2308-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-2308-2 $72.00 cloth ISBN: 0-8166-2307-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-2307-5
Informed by recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, In the Nature of Things addresses the presumption that nature exists independent of culture and, in particular, of language. The theoretical approaches of the contributors represent both modernist and postmodernist positions, including feminist theory, critical theory, Marxism, science fiction, theology, and botany. They demonstrate how the concept of nature is invoked and constituted in a wide range of cultural projects—from the Bible to science fiction movies, from hunting to green consumerism. Ultimately, it weeks to link the work of theorists concerned with nature and the environment to nontheorists who share similar concerns. "I know of no other anthology that attempts to bridge the gaps between such a wide variety of political theory and environmental politics. Provides an interesting compliment to eco-feminist literature." —William Corlett Contributors include R. McGreggor Cawley, Romand Coles, William E. Connolly, Jan E. Dizard, Valerie Hartouni, Cheri Lucas Jennings, Bruce H. Jennings, Timothy W. Luke, Shane Phelan, John Rodman, Michael J. Shapiro, Wade Sikorski. 276 pages | 1993