Discard studies : wasting, systems, and power / Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky.

Main entry:

Liboiron, Max, 1980- author.

Title & Author:

Discard studies : wasting, systems, and power / Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Description:

ix, 210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-193) and index.
An introduction to discard studies -- The scales of waste (a theory of relationality) -- Insides and outsides (a theory of power) -- There's no such thing as we (a theory of difference) -- Discarding well (a theory of change).

Summary:

"First primer in the emerging field of discard studies. It explores the way that social, economic, and political systems maintain themselves by discarding certain people, places, and things"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780262543651 paperback
0262543656 paperback

Subject:

Waste products Philosophy.
Waste products Social aspects.
Refuse and refuse disposal Philosophy.
Refuse and refuse disposal Social aspects.
Waste (Economics)
Power (Social sciences)
Marginality, Social.
Déchets Philosophie.
Déchets Aspect social.
Déchets Élimination Philosophie.
Déchets Élimination Aspect social.
Gaspillage.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)

Added entries:

Lepawsky, Josh, 1972- author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315680
Call No.: 315680
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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