New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics

New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics

EditorDiana Coole, Samantha Frost
PublisherDuke University Press
Designed byJennifer Hill
Typeset byKeystone Typesetting, Inc.
Introduction bySamantha Frost, Diana Coole
Essay byJane Bennett, Pheng Cheah, Melissa A. Orlie, Elizabeth Grosz, Samantha Frost, William E. Connolly, Rosi Braidotti, Rey Chow, Sara Ahmed, Sonia Kruks, Jason Edwards
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationDurham, USA
Copyright2010
This Edition Published2010
Pages / Font336 pages / C & C Galliard
ISBN9780822347729
Barcode9780822347729
ChaptersAcknowledgments 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
Added by p.adkins