Every Living Thing by Jenell Johnson
Explores the question of what is life, and how invocations of life itself can join and divide, horrify and amaze, and may have the potential to inspire a future politics in a world beset by crises.“[A] striking contribution, not just to the environmental humanities, but to the political project which this field, at its best, supports”
—Alastair Hunt ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature & Environment
“. . .this book offers thoughtful insight about the power of rhetoric occurring in and around environmental politics, and especially at its edges. The book’s ability to hold a wide-ranging conversation with a diverse array of interlocutors on the topic of the importance of language and its political deployment well deserves a similarly wide-ranging and diverse audience.”
—Russell C. Powell Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
“Rhetoric needs more audacious scholarship, and Every Living Thing is audacious yet rigorous. The inclusive nature of Johnson’s approach is exemplary. Scholars of rhetoric will be citing from all parts of this book for years to come.”
—Debra Hawhee, author of Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, Sensation
“Every Living Thing is a highly original work that is also readily recognizable, which is a testament to how on point its concept is. It is brilliantly novel yet familiar. Jenell Johnson’s style and scholarship, which are of the highest caliber, are worthy of deep respect.”
—Nathan Stormer, author of Sign of Pathology: U.S. Medical Rhetoric on Abortion, 1800s-1960s
Jenell Johnson is Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the author of American Lobotomy and has edited or coedited numerous volumes, including The Neuroscientific Turn, Biocitizenship, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine As/Is, and Graphic Reproduction, this last also published by Penn State University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271094571 |
| ISBN 10 | 0271094575 |
| Title | Every Living Thing |
| Author | Jenell Johnson |
| Series | Rsa Series In Transdisciplinary Rhetoric |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2023-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 198 |
| Prizes | Winner of Tarla Rai Peterson Book Award in Environmental Communication 2023 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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