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43/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Stefano Mancuso, Gregory Conti
Publisher:
Other Press
Date:
March 30, 2021
In this playful yet informative manifesto, a leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants--and by extension, humans--rests. A short charter based on the general principles that regulate the common life of plants, The Nation of Plants 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.
What The Reviewers Say
Could it be . . . is there any chance . . . that a glimmer of hope is still to be found . . . in the Kingdom Vegetabile? Might the wordless, motionless vegetables, so long considered mere 'things,' come to our rescue? This is the bracingly cheerful premise of the latest book by the storied pioneer of plant neurobiology, Stefano Mancuso.
With The Nation of Plants, [Mancuso] veers more directly into the political implications of plant intelligence. Much of the book is a rebuke aimed at humans who might think they're the superior species on the planet.
... well-written, informative and surprisingly brief.
A renowned scientist delivers a simple yet urgent call to action.
