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Matsutake mushroom reveals life in capitalist ruins.
"The Mushroom at the End of the World" is an eye-opening exploration of the unexpected connections between human destruction and the natural world's resilience. Author Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing follows the journey of matsutake mushrooms, a valuable commodity in Japan, and the varied characters involved in its commerce. Through their stories, Tsing examines the possibilities for collaborative survival in damaged landscapes and offers a unique perspective on the impact of capitalism on our planet's ecosystems. This book will appeal to those interested in environmental studies, anthropology, and economics.
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ISBN: 9780691178325
Authors:
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date of Publication: 2017-09-19
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.01
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What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planetMatsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world―and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial what manages to live in the ruins we have made?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 the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction.By investigating one of the world's most sought-after fungi, The Mushroom at the End of the World presents an original examination into the relation between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, the prerequisite for continuing life on earth.
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Matsutake mushroom reveals life in capitalist ruins.
"The Mushroom at the End of the World" is an eye-opening exploration of the unexpected connections between human destruction and the natural world's resilience. Author Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing follows the journey of matsutake mushrooms, a valuable commodity in Japan, and the varied characters involved in its commerce. Through their stories, Tsing examines the possibilities for collaborative survival in damaged landscapes and offers a unique perspective on the impact of capitalism on our planet's ecosystems. This book will appeal to those interested in environmental studies, anthropology, and economics.
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