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E-book: Posthumanist Vulnerability: An Affirmative Ethics

(Brock University, Canada)
  • Format: 224 pages
  • Series: Theory in the New Humanities
  • Pub. Date: 15-Jun-2023
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781350302891
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  • Format: 224 pages
  • Series: Theory in the New Humanities
  • Pub. Date: 15-Jun-2023
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781350302891

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A timely dethroning of the human subject and embracing of a new kind of existence, in this book Christine Daigle highlights the affirmative potential of vulnerability amidst unprecedented times of more-than-human crises. By bringing together traditions as diverse as feminist materialist philosophy, phenomenology, and affect theory, Daigle convincingly pleas for the radical embracing of a shared posthumanist vulnerability.

Posthuman Vulnerability fills a significant theoretical gap - whilst feminism has explored the affirming power of vulnerability, it's been from a very human-centric viewpoint. In posing a feminist and posthuman take on vulnerability, Daigle is bridging traditions in a totally original and much needed way.

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Drawing inspiration from non-human critters such as coral polyps and an insistent bee, Posthumanist Vulnerability explores what it means to be vulnerable and agentic transjective beings, and how they may teach humans ethical lessons in unlearning human exceptionalism. This is a truly wonderful book, full of new, affirmative posthumanist insight. * Nina Lykke, Poet and Professor of Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sweden, and Aarhus University, Denmark * Daigles Posthumanist Vulnerability is a timely philosophical monograph, highlighting the affirmative potential of multispecies vulnerability amidst unprecedented times of more-than-human crises. Bringing together traditions as diverse as feminist materialist philosophy, phenomenology, Deleuzoguattarian thought, and affect theory, Daigle dethrones the human subject and convincingly pleas for the radical embracing of a shared posthumanist vulnerability. * Evelien Geerts, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK *

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A radical new posthuman theory focusing on vulnerability as an liberating concept.

Meandering 1: In lieu of a Preface

Introduction: By way of Getting Started

Meandering 2: Land Acknowledgement

Chapter 1: The Transjective-A Posthumanist Material Feminist Ontology

Meandering 3: Charlie and Me

Chapter 2: Our Polyp-Being

Meandering 4: Feeling/Being Out of Place

Chapter 3: Affective Fabric and Collective Agency

Meandering 5: Inoculation

Chapter 4: Of Selves and Agents

Meandering 6: Inosculation

Meandering 7: 4am By the Train Tracks

Chapter 5: Vulnerability

Meandering 8: World in Turmoil

Chapter 6: Manifold Toxicity

Meandering 9: Cohabitating

Chapter 7: Ethical Thriving

References

Christine Daigle is Professor of Philosophy and Director, Posthumanism Research Institute at Brock University, Canada. She is the editor of the series Posthuman Practice (Bloomsbury).