Noir Materialism - Freedom and Obligation in Political Ecology

This book reengineers the conceptual relationship between nature and politics by crafting the terms of a new philosophy of nature and exploring its consequences for political thought. These consequences include major theoretical reformulations of some indispensable political concepts, including freedom, obligation, and the subject.

List of contents

Introduction: The Nightside of Nature
Chapter 1
Transcalar Ecology: A New Process Philosophy of Nature
Chapter 2
Noir Materialism: Film Noir, Dark Matter, and Schelling's Primordial Night
Chapter 3
Freedom and Evil: Schelling, Arendt, and the Nightside of Politics
Chapter 4
Companion Ecologies: A New Theory of the Subject
Chapter 5
Econormativity: Esposito and the Immunological Roots of Obligation
Conclusion: Shooting a Black Elephant

About the author

Michael Uhall is a political theorist currently teaching at Indiana University East. His work has appeared in Contemporary Political Theory, Nature and Culture, Critical Horizons, and Configurations.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Uhall
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781666922523
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-252-3
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, NATURE / Ecology, Applied ecology, Topics in philosophy, Nature and the natural world: general interest, PHILOSOPHY / Nature