The Emancipatory Project of Posthumanism Interventions Series
Auteurs : Cudworth Erika, Hobden Stephen
This is the first book to make the argument for an emancipatory project from within a posthuman framework. Responding to critics, Cudworth and Hobden argue that while some posthumanisms may be less critical, it is possible to develop a political programme from a posthuman perspective.
Cudworth and Hobden develop such issues by addressing the following questions: How have ideas about emancipation been developed, and does the notion of emancipation still hold relevance for the contemporary world order? Is it possible to have a non-Utopian form of emancipation? What are the implications of differing posthuman/new materialist viewpoints for an emancipatory project? In a world typified by complexity, how is it possible to pursue political projects? The chapters consider various interpretations of the term ?emancipation?, looking at work that has appeared within the posthumanist framework such as Bruno Latour, William Connolly, and Jane Bennett.
The authors develop their own account of posthumanism, demonstrating how it avoids the problems that have been found within this framework, and considering the possibilities for emancipatory projects and public policy. It will be of great interest to postgraduates and scholars of International Relations, Political Theory, Environmental Studies, and Sociology.
Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Emancipation and its critics; Chapter 3 A politics of enchantment: the power and fragility of things; Chapter 4 A politics of attachment: actor-network theory; Chapter 5 How to change a complex world; Chapter 6 Critical posthumanism and the lives of others; Chapter 7 Creaturely politics:beyond the imperial human; Chapter 8 Towards posthumanist emancipation – a terraist manifesto; Bibliography; Index
Erika Cudworth is Professor of Feminist Animal Studies in the School of Social Sciences, University of East London, where she teaches International Relations, researches in the fields of international political theory, critical animal studies and gender, and generally thinks about things posthuman.
Stephen Hobden is Reader in International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at the University of East London, where he teaches International Relations theory.
Date de parution : 06-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 08-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de The Emancipatory Project of Posthumanism :
Mots-clés :
Human Development Index; Nonhuman Animals; Posthumanism; Non-human Animals; posthuman approach; Animal Studies; international politics; Pre-figurative Politics; Interventions; Posthuman Community; complexity thinking; Fitness Landscape; non-Newtonian; Posthuman International Relations; non-anthropocentric perspective; Enchanted Materialism; Critical Posthumanism; new materialism; Term Posthumanism; emancipatory projects; International Regime Complexes; humanity; Aid Virus; political projects; Latour’s Work; emancipation; CAS Scholarship; contemporary world order; Bird Rose; Bruno Latour; Jane Bennett; Short Lived; public policy; Strange Attractor; critical theory; Actor Network Theory; Stephen Hobden; Human Animal Relations; Critical Security Studies; Great Divide; Non-human Matter; Prefigurative Politics