William Viney

Waste: A Philosophy of Things William Viney

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Why are people so interested in what they and others throw away? This book shows how this interest in what we discard is far from new -- it is integral to how we make, build and describe our lived environment. As this wide-ranging new study reveals, waste has been a polarizing topic for millennia and has been treated as a rich resource by artists, writers, philosophers and architects. Drawing on the works of Giorgio Agamben, T. S. Eliot, Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, James Joyce, Bruno Latour and many others, Waste: A Philosophy of Things investigates the complexities of waste in sculpture, literature and architecture. It traces a new philosophy of things from the ancient to the modern and will be of interest to those working in cultural and literary studies, archaeology, architecture and continental philosophy--; Provided by publisher. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1. IntroductionPart I: Collecting Waste2. Narrating the Event of Waste3. Archaeologies of WastePart II: Reading Waste4. The Poetic Economies of T. S. Eliot5. Reading Joycean DisjectaPart III: Building Ruins6. Ruins Past7. Ruins of the Future8. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexBiographical Note: William Viney is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of English Studies and Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University, UK. Publisher Marketing: Why are people so interested in what they and others throw away? This book shows how this interest in what we discard is far from new - it is integral to how we make, build and describe our lived environment. As this wide-ranging new study reveals, waste has been a polarizing topic for millennia and has been treated as a rich resource by artists, writers, philosophers and architects. Drawing on the works of Giorgio Agamben, T. S. Eliot, Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, James Joyce, Bruno Latour and many others, "Waste: A Philosophy of Things" investigates the complexities of waste in sculpture, literature and architecture. It traces a new philosophy of things from the ancient to the modern and will be of interest to those working in cultural and literary studies, archaeology, architecture and continental philosophy. Contributor Bio:  Viney, William William Viney is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of English Studies and Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University, UK.