The Life of Plants economy As the flowers fade

As the flowers fade

the photographs are rigorously composed and richly detailed

Susan Neiman

human activity is the dominant force affecting the climate and man-made and organic materials are becoming irreversibly intertwined

The Life of Plants economy As the flowers fadeWe barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; moreeven biology considers them as mere decoration on the tree of life. And yet plants give life to the Earth: they produce the atmosphere that surrounds us, they are the origin of the oxygen that animates us. Plants embody the most direct, elementary connection that life can establish with the world. In this highly original book, Emanuele Coccia argues that,