| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Interventions |
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Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Emancipation and its critics; 3 A politics of enchantment: the power and fragility of things; 4 A politics of attachment: actor-network theory; 5 How to change a complex world?; 6 Critical posthumanism and the lives of others; 7 Creaturely politics: beyond the imperial human; 8 Towards posthumanist emancipation: a terraist manifesto; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"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."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
International relations -- Philosophy.
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Humanism -- Philosophy
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Critical theory.
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critical theories (dialectical critiques)
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critical theory (sociological concept)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Critical theory
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Humanism -- Philosophy
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International relations -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hobden, Stephen
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| ISBN |
9781315562063 |
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1315562065 |
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9781317203223 |
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1317203224 |
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