Description
What is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed Object-Oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminently political. In our relationship with non-humans, we decided the fate of our humanity. Becoming human, claims Morton, actually means creating a network of kindness and solidarity with non-human beings, in the name of a broader understanding of reality that both includes and overcomes the notion of species. Negotiating the politics of humanity is the first and crucial step to reclaim the upper scales of ecological coexistence, and not to let Monsanto and cryogenically suspended billionaires define them and own them.
A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans
About the Author
Timothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University. They have collaborated with Bjoerk, Laurie Anderson, Jennifer Walshe, Hrafnhildur Arnadottir, Sabrina Scott, Adam McKay, Jeff Bridges, Justin Guariglia, Olafur Eliasson, and Pharrell Williams. Morton co-wrote and appears in Living in the Future's Past, a 2018 film about global warming with Jeff Bridges. They are the author of the libretto for the opera Time Time Time by Jennifer Walshe. Morton has written Being Ecological, Humankind, Dark Ecology, Nothing and many other books. In 2014 they gave the Wellek Lectures in Theory.
Reviews
I have been reading Timothy Morton's books for a while and I like them a lot. -- Bjork
Considered by many to be among the top philosophers in the world, especially among those tackling issues related to human effects on our environment, Morton herein provides an important, spirited, and sometimes frenetic analysis of the foundational assumptions of Marxism and other -isms with regard to nature and culture. -- Jeff Vandermeer, author of The Southern Reach trilogy * The Millions *
A very good introduction to what Theory (capital T) might have to say about climate change and species die-off. -- Ted Hamilton * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Timothy Morton is the Montaigne of the Anthropocene. -- Stuart Jeffries, author of Grand Hotel Abyss * The Guardian *
Morton's terminology is slowly infecting all the humanities -- Alex Blasdel * The Guardian *
Drawing from the Buddhist understandings of emptiness and form, Morton develops a version of 'object oriented ontology' that seeks connection and particularity without essences, fully formed identities, or wholes. -- Whitney A Bauman * Religious Studies Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786631329
Author Timothy Morton
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 392g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 21mm
A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans
About the Author
Timothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University. They have collaborated with Bjoerk, Laurie Anderson, Jennifer Walshe, Hrafnhildur Arnadottir, Sabrina Scott, Adam McKay, Jeff Bridges, Justin Guariglia, Olafur Eliasson, and Pharrell Williams. Morton co-wrote and appears in Living in the Future's Past, a 2018 film about global warming with Jeff Bridges. They are the author of the libretto for the opera Time Time Time by Jennifer Walshe. Morton has written Being Ecological, Humankind, Dark Ecology, Nothing and many other books. In 2014 they gave the Wellek Lectures in Theory.
Reviews
I have been reading Timothy Morton's books for a while and I like them a lot. -- Bjork
Considered by many to be among the top philosophers in the world, especially among those tackling issues related to human effects on our environment, Morton herein provides an important, spirited, and sometimes frenetic analysis of the foundational assumptions of Marxism and other -isms with regard to nature and culture. -- Jeff Vandermeer, author of The Southern Reach trilogy * The Millions *
A very good introduction to what Theory (capital T) might have to say about climate change and species die-off. -- Ted Hamilton * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Timothy Morton is the Montaigne of the Anthropocene. -- Stuart Jeffries, author of Grand Hotel Abyss * The Guardian *
Morton's terminology is slowly infecting all the humanities -- Alex Blasdel * The Guardian *
Drawing from the Buddhist understandings of emptiness and form, Morton develops a version of 'object oriented ontology' that seeks connection and particularity without essences, fully formed identities, or wholes. -- Whitney A Bauman * Religious Studies Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786631329
Author Timothy Morton
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 392g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 21mm
