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"Artists and the Practice of Agriculture maps out examples of artistic practices that engage with the aesthetics and politics of gathering food, growing edible and medicinal plants, and interacting with non-human collaborators. In the hands of contemporary artists, farming and foraging become forms of visual and material language that convey personal and political meanings. This book provides a critical analysis of artistic practices that model alternative food systems. It presents rich academic insights as well as 16 conversations with practicing artists. The volume addresses pressing issues, such as the interconnectedness of human and other-than-human beings, the weight of industrial agriculture, the legacy of colonialism, and the promise of place-based and embodied pedagogies. Through participatory projects, the artists discussed here reflect on the links between past histories, present challenges, and future solutions for the food sovereignty of local and networked communities. The book is an easy-to-navigate resource for readers interested in food studies, visual and material cultures, contemporary art, ecocriticism, and the environmental humanities"--

Agriculture and the arts --- Food sovereignty --- Artists and community --- Art and social action --- Sustainable agriculture

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En posant le problème de la puissance à partir de la perspective de son abandon et du courage si singulier qu'implique un tel geste, Simone Weil parvient à éviter l'écueil de l'absolutisme politique. L'étude anthropologique d'une vie politique et sociale en son essence profondément violente dans la mesure où elle est fondée sur la lutte pour la puissance démontre au contraire l'instabilité de tout pouvoir. Renoncer à la souveraineté est presque un miracle que seul Dieu aurait réussi à accomplir. La reformulation du dilemme de la théodicée - Dieu est tout-puissant mais il ne commande pas partout - permet alors de rompre définitivement avec la solution trop hâtive du Dieu impuissant ou en puissance. Enfin, la figure du Dieu abdiquant éclaire d'une lumière vive un double phénomène propre à la modernité : la théologisation du politique et la dépolitisation de la société. Le paradigme de l'abdication permet ainsi de redéfinir les contours du théologico-politique, hors de toute imbrication du religieux et du politique.

Monarchie absolue. --- Religion et État. --- Religion and state. --- Weil, Simone, --- Critique et interprétation --- Pensée politique et sociale. --- Religion. --- Sovereignty --- Philosophy. --- Religious aspects.

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"Buddhist-inflected Sovereignties across the Indian Ocean draws attention to the varied, historically contingent, and sometimes competing, arguments for and about sovereignty that operated in the Pali arena during the first half of the second millennium AD. It was a time of expanding interaction within the Indian Ocean just prior to Portuguese colonial presence in Southern Asia. Developing a linked series of case studies and examining territories now subsumed within the nation-states of Sri Lanka, Burma/Myanmar, and Thailand, Blackburn examines sovereign arguments expressed textually, as well as in the built environment, by persons with an interest in the teachings and institutions associated with Gotama Buddha. These cases show that no single model of Buddhist-inflected sovereignty dominated the Pali arena during this time, and that there was no stable vision of "Buddhist kingship." Rather, over time, there was an accrual of possible models and pathways for argumentation about how sovereigns could and should relate to buddha-sa¯sana. Taking inspiration from diverse sources transmitted through multiple forms and media, arguments for and about sovereignty in the Pali arena were contested and rapidly changing. As the Indian Ocean increasingly shaped the flow of people, objects, and ideas, more peoples and territories participated in the Pali arena, attracted by its intellectual and aesthetic resources. Drawing on extensive scholarship and a wide range of multilingual source materials from premodern Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, Anne M. Blackburn develops innovative conclusions about the relationships between textuality, sovereignty, maritime connectivity, and material culture in each of these areas. The book contributes simultaneously to several fields of study: the intellectual history of Southern Asia, literary and historical scholarship on Buddhism, and historical studies of the Indian Ocean. By offering accessible yet in-depth analysis, Buddhist-inflected Sovereignties across the Indian Ocean connects research fields and introduces new interpretive possibilities for the study of sovereignty, politics, premodern textual cultures, and Buddhism"--

Buddhism and state --- Therava¯da Buddhism --- Sovereignty --- History --- Religious aspects --- Buddhism --- Theravāda Buddhism --- buddha sasana. --- buddhism burma. --- buddhism cambodia. --- buddhism southeast asia. --- buddhism sri lanka. --- buddhism thailand. --- gotama buddha. --- pali buddhism.