New Materialisms - Ontology, Agency, and Politics

Informationen zum Autor Diana Coole and Samantha Frost, eds. Klappentext "This is a strong and timely collection, one that could very well direct future discussions of the 'new materialisms' toward an experimental, process-oriented, and politically-engaged 'new ontology.'"--Ellen Rooney, Brown University Zusammenfassung Leading cultural and political theorists argue that any account of experience! agency! and political action demands attention to the urgent issues of our own material existence and environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introducing the New Materialisms / Diana Coole and Samantha Frost 1 The Force of Materiality A Vitalist Stopover on the Way to a New Materialism / Jane Bennett 47 Nondialectical Materialism / Pheng Cheah 70 The Inertia of Matter and the Generativity of Flesh / Diana Coole 92 Impersonal Matter / Melissa A. Orlie 116 Political Matters Feminism, Materialism, and Freedom / Elizabeth Grosz 139 Fear and the Illusion of Autonomy / Samantha Frost 158 Materialities of Experience / William E. Connolly 178 The Politics of "Life Itself" and New Ways of Dying / Rosi Braidotti 201 Economies of Disruption The Elusive Material: What the Dog Doesn't Understand / Rey Chow 221 Orientations Matter / Sara Ahmed 234 Simon de Beauvoir: Engaging Discrepant Materialisms / Sonia Kruks 258 The Materialism of Historical Materialism / Jason Edwards 281 Bibliography 299 Contributors 319 Index 323

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Coole, Diana Coole, Diana Frost Coole, Diana H. Frost Coole, Samantha Frost
• Collaboration: Diana Coole (Editeur), Diana H. Coole (Editeur), Samantha Frost (Editeur)
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 09.09.2010
• EAN: 9780822347729
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4772-9
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Thèmes: Duke University Press; Duke University Press
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique