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A book about matsutake, a rare and valuable mushroom that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. It explores the diverse worlds of matsutake commerce, fungal ecologies, and forest histories to examine the possibility of life in capitalist ruins.
352. ISBN. 9781400873548. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins is a 2015 book by the Chinese American anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. The book describes and analyzes the globalized commodity chains of matsutake mushrooms.
- Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
- Anthropology
- 2015
- 352
Sep 29, 2015 · [The Mushroom at the End of the World] is a wonderful meditation on how humans shape and distort the natural landscape, and in return, are shaped and distorted by a wildness of their own making." ---Casey Sanchez, Santa Fe New Mexican "Tsing's extraordinary book provides an intimate account of the ecology of the matsutake and the work of the ...
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- 2015
- Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
A book by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing that explores the possibility of life in capitalist ruins through the stories of matsutake mushrooms and other third nature. It challenges the divide between human and non-human, and the myth of progress and nature, to propose a new way of seeing and acting in the world.
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Jun 14, 2021 · A book that explores the stories of mushroom pickers and traders in Oregon's cutover forests, where logging and environmentalism collide. It challenges the modern human conceit and imagines collaborative survival beyond the Anthropocene.
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Oct 19, 2017 · The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins is published by Princeton. To order a copy for £12.71 (RRP £14.95) go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call ...
Sep 29, 2015 · A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters ...
