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Plant Anarchy

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A more thorough, fleshed-out, and historically-referenced treatment of the ideas introduced in Breaking the Alphabet. Here Sascha Engel does a full-throated explanation and exploration of how writing is generally a participation in our own encapsulation, and how we can change that. Playful, serious, researched, provocative. 
 

Merely conjuring the healed world always carries the risk of quietism and mystical authoritarianism. Steering clear of these requires implementing the logic of continuous unfolding against the will to reification... The plants can lead the way, as their world remains unfixed, indeterminable, undifferentiated: they still live in the world of continuous unfolding. The will to reification rages everywhere against them with all its might, yet they still resist.

Here's some helpful info for making this book. Download the guts and cover files, and refer to guides below as needed.
Author
Sascha Engel
Publisher
Little Black Cart
Guts file
2-up (1.59 MB)
Guts paper size
11x8.5" (grain short)
Guts paper weight
20 pounds
Cover file
plantanarchy cover (714.09 KB)
Cover page size
8.5x14"
Cover paper weight
80 pounds
Suggested book height
8.00 inches
Suggested book width
5.00 inches
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