Bringing together authors from two intellectual traditions that have, so far, generally developed independently of one another – critical theory and new materialism – this book addresses the fundamental differences and potential connections that exist between these two schools of thought. With a focus on some of the most pressing questions of contemporary philosophy and social theory – in particular, those concerning the status of long-standing and contested separations between matter and life, the biological and the symbolic, passivity and agency, affectivity and rationality – it shows that recent developments in both traditions point to important convergences between them and thus prepare the ground for a more direct confrontation and cross-fertilization. The first volume to promote a dialogue between critical theory and new materialism, this collection explores the implications for contemporary debates on ecology, gender, biopolitics, post-humanism, economics and aesthetics. As such, it will appeal to philosophers, social and political theorists, and sociologists with interests in contemporary critical theory and materialism.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780367257040
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-367-25704-0
- Verlag: Routledge
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.06.2021
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2021
- Serie: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 485 g
- Seiten: 216
- Format (B x H x T): 156 x 234 x 14 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt