Vibrant Matter : A Political Ecology of Things PDF
by Bennett Jane Bennett
Part of the a John Hope Franklin Center Book series
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Bennett examines the political and theoretical implications of vital materialism through extended discussions of commonplace things and physical phenomena including stem cells, fish oils, electricity, metal, and trash. She reflects on the vital power of material formations such as landfills, which generate lively streams of chemicals, and omega-3 fatty acids, which can transform brain chemistry and mood. Along the way, she engages with the concepts and claims of Spinoza, Nietzsche, Thoreau, Darwin, Adorno, and Deleuze, disclosing a long history of thinking about vibrant matter in Western philosophy, including attempts by Kant, Bergson, and the embryologist Hans Driesch to name the "vital force" inherent in material forms. Bennett concludes by sketching the contours of a "green materialist" ecophilosophy.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:04/01/2010
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- ISBN:9780822391623
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:04/01/2010
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- ISBN:9780822391623