| Description |
140 pages ; 17 cm. |
| Series |
Object lessons |
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Object lessons.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. It's happening all the time, all around us. We cover it up. We ignore it. Rust takes on the many meanings of this oxidized substance, showing how technology bleeds into biology and ecology. Jean-Michel Rabaté combines art, science, and autobiography to share his fascination with peeling paints and rusty metal sheets. Rust, he concludes, is a place where things living, built, and remembered commingle. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic" -- From the publisher. |
| Contents |
How to live with global rust -- Hegel and Ruskin : dialectics of the organic and inorganic -- Interlude : blood-work, rust-work -- Idioms of rust : rats and jackals, Kafka after Hofmannsthal -- Rust aesthetics -- Conclusion: Fougères to Marseilles : green rust or edible rouille?. |
| Subject |
Metals -- Social aspects.
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Corrosion and anti-corrosives -- Philosophy.
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Metals in literature.
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Oxidation -- Philosophy.
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Ferric oxide -- Social aspects.
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Metals in literature. (OCoLC)fst01018234
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Rabaté, Jean-Michel, 1949- Rust. New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2018 9781501329500 (DLC) 2017045499 |
| ISBN |
9781501329494 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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1501329499 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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9781501329500 (electronic publication) |
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9781501329517 (electronic book) |
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