Tag: materialism
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Entangled Worlds (2017)
Historically speaking, theology can be said to operate “materiaphobically.” Protestant Christianity in particular has bestowed upon theology a privilege of the soul over the body and belief over practice, in line with the distinction between a disembodied God and the inanimate world “He” created. Like all other human, social, and natural sciences, religious studies imported…
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Two Recent Articles on New Materialism
The Head, the Hand, and Matter: New Materialism and the Politics of Knowledge P Rekret – Theory, Culture & Society, 2018 This article seeks to examine the political connotations of a recent ‘material turn’ in social and political theory and its implications for theorizations of political agency. ‘New materialist’ theories are premised upon transcending the…
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The Birth of Nomos, Thanos Zartaloudis (2018)
This book looks absolutely essential. My only resource on this important term for the last decade has been Emmanuel Laroche, Histoire de la racine nem- en grec ancien (nemō, nemesis, nomos, nomizō) (1949). Delves into the history of the ancient Greek word nomos (and related words) to reveal the interdisciplinary depth of this term beyond its…
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Recently Published Articles on New Materialism
Curiosity, Criticality and Materiality Can E. Mutlu in conversation with Mark B. Salter Technologies of International Relations pp 45-53 Abstract In this chapter Mark B. Salter, current editor of Security Dialogue, discusses with Can E. Mutlu the meaning and significance of technology for International Relations in light of his eclectic work. Salter, perhaps best-known for…
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Political Geology: Active Stratigraphies and the Making of Life (Palgrave 2018), ed. Adam Bobbette and Amy Donovan
“This book explores the emerging field of political geology, an area of study dedicated to understanding the cross-sections between geology and politics. It considers how geological forces such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and unstable ground are political forces and how political forces have an impact on the earth. Together the authors seek to understand how the…
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Questioning New Materialisms (2018)
This looks like an interesting new edited issue of Theory, Culture, and Society on New Materialism. Right now only the introduction to the collection is online and the rest of the collection is soon to follow. (Behind a paywall, see the link below to SAGE). Questioning New Materialisms: An Introduction Charles Devellennes, Benoît Dillet…
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“Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defense of Science” NYT, Oct 25th 2018
He spent decades deconstructing the ways that scientists claim their authority. Can his ideas help them regain that authority today? Read the New York Times article here.
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Being and Motion, 2018 (Free Download)
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The Philosophy of Movement 