{"product_id":"lichens-toward-a-minimal-resistance-hardback-9781509553440","title":"Lichens; Toward a Minimal Resistance (Hardback) 9781509553440","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLichens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eToward a Minimal Resistance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVincent Zonca (Author), Emanuele Coccia (Preface by), Jody Gladding (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509553440, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 November 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.8 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vincent Zonca has compiled a veritable pot-pourri of sympoietic intimacies. These crinkled expressions of desire and despair creep, slowly and unobtrusively, across every page, even as they breathe the air. Never has a work of literature more closely resembled its subject matter, inspiring wonder in equal measure. Welcome to the world of lichens!\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTim Ingold, University of Aberdeen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[L]yrically-written. . . . there's something new and sparkling every few pages\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering almost 8 percent of the earth's terrain, lichens are living beings which are familiar to everyone, known to no one. They are one of those organisms that seem to offer nothing to hold our gaze. But the more time we spend with lichens, the more they reveal their beauty, their mysteries and their strange power of attraction. Part-algae and part-fungus, lichens call into question our customary ways of classifying forms of life, and allow us to conceive of an ecology that is no longer based on distinctions between nature and culture, urban and rural, competition and cooperation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe result of several years of investigation carried out on several different continents, this remarkable book offers an original, radical, and, like its subject matter, symbiotic reflection on this common but mostly invisible form of life, blending cultures and disciplines, drawing on biology, ecology, philosophy, literature, poetry, even graphic art. What if lichens were at the heart of some of the most pressing and topical questions of our day? Does the fact that they can live everywhere, even in very harsh environments, that they persist when almost all other traces of life have disappeared, mean that, despite their fragility, lichens are a force of resistance?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter reading this book you will never see lichens, or the world, in the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface by \u003ci\u003eEmanuele Coccia\u003c\/i\u003e xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Contacts 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinters 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeeds 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Scientific Challenge: Remaining or Rising in the Ranks 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCustoms and Beliefs 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLichen Erotics 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Describe, Name, Represent 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Challenge to Representation 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMusic = Mushroom 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Far East, Mosses, and Wabi-Sabi 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcopoetics: Life Force and Resistance 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRuderal 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRousseauist Walks 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSentinel Species 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Lichens of sunlight and mucus of azure\" 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sbarbarian\" Glowworm 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological Forewarnings 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragility, Resistance 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary \"Poethics\" 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Insurrection of the Humble\" 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicro-habitats 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a Symbiotic Way of Thought 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Lichen: at the Origins of Symbiosis 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChimeras, Vampires, and Other Common Monsters 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA \"Third Place\" 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCohabitation 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvoi: Sporules 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Names 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Lichens 260\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52405524267288,"sku":"9781509553440","price":51.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509553440.jpg?v=1784136161","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lichens-toward-a-minimal-resistance-hardback-9781509553440","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}