{"product_id":"the-carrier-bag-theory-of-fiction-paperback","title":"The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonna J. Haraway\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eLee Bul\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003e visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human origin by redefining technology as a cultural carrier bag rather than a weapon of domination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHacking the linear, progressive mode of the Techno-Heroic, the Carrier Bag Theory of human evolution proposes: 'before the tool that forces energy outward, we made the tool that brings energy home.' Prior to the preeminence of sticks, swords and the Hero's long, hard, killing tools, our ancestors' greatest invention was the container: the basket of wild oats, the medicine bundle, the net made of your own hair, the home, the shrine, the place that contains whatever is sacred. The recipient, the holder, the story. The bag of stars. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis influential essay opens a portal to terra ignota: unknown lands where the possibilities of human experience and knowledge can be discovered anew. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a new introduction by Donna Haraway, the eminent cyberfeminist, author of the revolutionary A Cyborg Manifesto and most recently, Staying with the Trouble and Manifestly Haraway. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith images by Lee Bul, a leading South Korean feminist artist who had a retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.1 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44434872008806,"sku":"9781838003982","price":17.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/EPIwcbnP-f9781838003982.webp?v=1770472255","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-carrier-bag-theory-of-fiction-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}