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Jane bennett political science johns hopkins university. An international journal of political philosophy from 201217. How do objects sometimes act as vibrant things, with an effectivity of their own, a degree of independence from the words, images, and feelings they provoke in humans. The impact of new materialism on the study of rhetoric is indefinite. Jane bennett in vibrant matter the political theorist jane bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves.
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Now that i sometimes can find the leisure to read a book, bennetts latest has been at the top of my list. A political ecology of things a john hope franklin center book kindle edition by jane bennett. A political ecology of things, she explores the role of inanimate bodies and how humans interact with them. Mar 12, 2010 in vibrant matter the political theorist jane bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Jane bennett s vibrant matter is an important work, linking critical movements in recent continental philosophy, namely a vitalist tradition that runs from bergson to deleuze and even, on bennett s reading, to bruno latour, and on the other hand a political ecology of things that should speak to anyone conscious enough to be aware of the devastating changes underway in the world. However, in modern philosophy there is a new trend that is bringing the importance of objects and matter back into our focus. Mellon professor of the humanities at the department of political science, johns hopkins university school of arts and sciences. Philosopher jane bennett explains what she understands by vital materialism and. The following is a very short thing written for a panel discussion on posthuman conceptions of community at the university of manitoba, 3 feb 2017 in her book vibrant matter, jane bennett develops. This is a summary of jane bennetts vibrant matter, along with some of my own arguments about the p olitical implications of her work. May 11, 2010 however, in modern philosophy there is a new trend that is bringing the importance of objects and matter back into our focus. This manifesto for a morethanhuman politics has the same radical aims as bruno latours 2004 politics of nature. There is good reason bennetts book has, in short order, gained a wide following in disparate areas of political theory and philosophy.
Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the. And, indeed, her book sometimes reads as a sort of manifestothough i suspect she would shy away from the term. A political ecology of things, bennetts argument is that, edibles, commodities, storms, and metals act. A political ecology of things john hope franklin center books a john hope franklin center book first edition by jane bennett isbn.
First, it is wonderfully written in a comfortable personal style, which is rare enough for academic books. In vibrant matter the political theorist jane bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. In vibrant matter the political theorist jane bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus. For those familiar with her oeuvre, vibrant matter should be considered.
Jane bennetts vibrant matter is an important work, linking critical movements in recent continental philosophy, namely a vitalist tradition that runs from bergson to deleuze and even, on bennetts reading, to bruno latour, and on the other hand a political ecology of things that should speak to anyone conscious enough to be aware of the devastating changes underway in the world. Last night i finished jane bennett s vibrant matter. Vibrant matter jane bennett a political ecology of things. By focusing on the thingside of affect, jane bennett seeks to broaden and transform our sense of care in relation to the world of humans, nonhuman life, and things. A political ecology of things ebook written by jane bennett. Toward that end, she theorizes a vital materiality that runs through and. There is good reason bennett s book has, in short order, gained a wide following in disparate areas of political theory and philosophy.
This is a summary of jane bennett s vibrant matter, along with some of my own arguments about the political implications of her work. Ethics, politics, and the wild, and an editor of the politics of moralizing and in the nature of things. Mellon professor of the humanities at johns hopkins university. Apr 22, 2010 cross posted from my realism course blog. She is the author of the enchantment of modern life. Artistry and agency in a world of vibrant matter on vimeo. This book has a philosophical project and, related to it, a political one. Bennett begins her book stating, this book has a philosophical project and, related to it, a political one vii. Vibrant matter is a fascinating, lucid, and powerful book of political theory. Attachments, crossings, and ethics and thoreaus nature.
Bennetts fourth soleauthored book, vibrant matter may be considered the culmination to date of her thinking on the intersection of ethics, aesthetics, morality, politics, and things as the independent beings. See also, to cite just one recent book, thomas princens treading softly. In the first two chapters of her book vibrant matter, bennett brings out a philosophy that challenges the traditional definition of matter as passive, inactive, and inert. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read vibrant matter. A pile of trash, a scrap of metal, an overtaxed energy grid, hungry worms, and. In vibrant matter the political theorist jane bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the. A political ecology of things has itself been a vibrant matter of attention since its publication earlier this year. A friend read this post and noted that jane bennett doesnt even really cover some of the stuff im talking about below. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events. A political ecology of things a john hope franklin center book. Jane bennett born july 31, 1957 is an american political theorist and philosopher. Now that i sometimes can find the leisure to read a book, bennett s latest has been at the top of my list. Vibrant matter serves as bennetts manifesto for the benefits of anthropomorphizing.
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