| Description |
165 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Italian as La nazione delle piante in 2019 by Editori Laterza, Rome. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165). |
| Contents |
Address to the United Nations General Assembly by the Representative of the Nation of Plants -- The Constitution of the Nation of Plants -- Article 1. The earth shall be the common home of life. Sovereignty shall pertain to every living being -- Article 2. The nation of plants shall recognize and protect the inviolable rights of natural communities as societies based on the relationships among the organisms that compose them -- Article 3. The nation of plants shall not recognize animal hierarchies, which are founded on command centers and centralized functions, and shall foster diffuse and decentralized vegetable democracies -- Article 4. The nation of plants shall universally respect the rights of the currently living and those of future generations -- Article 5. The nation of plants shall guarantee the right to clean water, soil, and atmosphere -- Article 6. The consumption of any resource that cannot be reconstituted for future generations of living beings shall be prohibited -- Article 7. The nation of plants shall not have borders. Every living being shall be free to travel, move, and live there without limitation -- Article 8. The nation of plants shall recognize and foster mutual aid among natural communities of living beings as an instrument of coexistence and progress. |
| Summary |
"A leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants--and by extension humans--rests in this playful yet eye-opening guidebook. Even if they behave as though they were, humans are not the masters of the Earth, but only one of its most irksome residents. From the moment of their arrival, about 300,000 years ago--nothing when compared to the history of life on our planet--humans have succeeded in changing the conditions of the planet so drastically as to make it a dangerous place for their own survival. The causes of this reckless behavior are in part inherent in their predatory nature, but they also depend on our total incomprehension of the rules that govern the existence of a community of living beings. The last to arrive on the planet, we behave like children who wreak havoc, unaware of the value and significance of the things they are playing with. In The Nation of Plants, the most important, widespread, and powerful nation on Earth finally gets to speak. Like attentive parents, plants, after making it possible for us to live, have come to our aid once again, giving us their rules: this is the first Charter of Rights of Living Beings written by the plants. A short constitution based on the general principles that regulate the common life of plants, it establishes norms applicable to all living beings. Compared to our constitutions, which place humans at the center of the entire juridical reality, in conformity with an anthropocentricism that reduces to things all that is not human, plants offer us a revolution"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Form |
Also issued in electronic format. |
| Summary |
From the moment of their arrival, about 300,000 years ago, humans have succeeded in changing the conditions of the planet so drastically as to make it a dangerous place for their own survival. The causes of this reckless behavior are in part inherent in their predatory nature, but they also depend on our total incomprehension of the rules that govern the existence of a community of living beings. Mancuso presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants-- and by extension humans-- rests. -- adapted from jacket |
| Language |
Text in English, translated from the Italian. |
| Subject |
Plants -- Law and legislation.
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Human-plant relationships.
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FICTION / General.
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Human-plant relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963515
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Plants -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01066049
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| Genre/Form |
Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
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Informational works.
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| Added Author |
Conti, Gregory, 1952- translator.
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| Added Title |
Nazione delle piante. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Mancuso, Stefano, The nation of plants New York : Other Press, 2021. 9781635421002 (DLC) 2020030308 |
| ISBN |
9781635420999 (hardcover) |
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1635420997 (hardcover) |
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9781635421927 (paperback) |
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1635421926 (paperback) |
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9781635421002 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40030620663 |
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