Description
Proposes that Darwin's writings are a rich resource for developing a more politicized, radical, and far-reaching feminist understanding of matter, nature, biology, time, and becoming
About the Author
Elizabeth Grosz is Professor of Women's Studies and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She is the author of several books, including Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth, as well as The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely and Time Travels: Feminism, Nature, Power, both also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews
"Becoming Undone allows us to hear with new ears the words of Bergson, Irigaray, Uexkull, Deleuze and Guattari, and especially Darwin. The result is a surprising and exciting feminism in conversation with biophilosophy and art practice. Elizabeth Grosz offers a rich, provocative, not-quite-materialist philosophy of life, matter, and the creative cosmos."-Jane Bennett, author of Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things
"With a passionate call for philosophy and feminism to embrace the transformative power of life as difference, Becoming Undone describes with elegant arguments the unexpected legacy of Darwin in the ontology of Bergson, Deleuze, and Irigaray, as well as their promise for an as yet unforeseeable future."-Paola Marrati, author of Gilles Deleuze: Cinema and Philosophy
"[A] provocative, thoroughly researched, and beautifully written exploration of the question of difference in its material, political, and aestheticdimensions. . . . Becoming Undone is a fascinating project, not only because of its invaluable contribution to the discourses of posthumanism and material feminism, but also due to its convincing interpretation of Darwinian theory as an intricate philosophical worldview." -- Vera Coleman * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature *
"Grosz's book is well written and easily accessible even for someone who does not know a great deal about the theorists with whom she engages." -- Lasse Thomassen * Perspectives on Politics *
Book Information
ISBN 9780822350712
Author Elizabeth Grosz
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 404g