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SUNY P R E S S H A L L SUNY Plants as Persons PLANTS AS PERSONS SUNY series on Religion and the Environment Harold Coward, editor P L ANT S A S P E R SON S A Philosophical Botany MATTHEW HALL Cover art, “Betula pedant,” courtesy of Mairi Gillies www.mairigillies.com 2010. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2011 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Kelli W. LeRoux Marketing by Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hall, Matthew, 1980- Plants as persons : a philosophical botany / Matthew Hall. p. cm. — (SUNY series on religion and the environment) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-3429-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4384-3428-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Botany—Philosophy. I. Title. QK46.H35 2011 580.1--dc22 2010018516 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Val CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix A Philosophical Botany 1 1 THE ROOTS OF DISREGARD: EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION IN CLASSICAL GREEK PHILOSOPHY 17 2 DOGMA AND DOMINATION: KEEPING PLANTS AT A DISTANCE 37 3 PASSIVE PLANTS IN CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS 55 4 DEALING WITH SENTIENCE AND VIOLENCE IN HINDU, JAIN, AND BUDDHIST TEXTS 73 5 INDIGENOUS ANIMISMS, PLANT PERSONS, AND RESPECTFUL ACTION 99 6 PAGANS, PLANTS, AND PERSONHOOD 119 7 BRIDGING THE GULF: MOVING, SENSING, INTELLIGENT, PLANTS 137 Recreating a Place for Flourishing 157 Notes 171 Bibliography 209 Index 229 vii
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