UID:
almahu_9949245747202882
Format:
1 online resource.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781350262256
Series Statement:
Theory in the new humanities
Content:
"Uncovering the theoretical and creative interconnections between posthumanism and philosophies of immanence, this volume explores the influence of the philosophy of immanence on posthuman theory; the varied reworkings of immanence for the nonhuman turn; and the new pathways for critical thinking created by the combination of these monumental discourses. With the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari serving as a vibrant node of immanence, this volume maps a multiplicity of pathways from Deleuze, Guattari and their theoretical allies - including Spinoza and Nietzsche - to posthuman thought. As positions that insist, respectively, on the equal yet distinct powers of mind and body (immanence) and the urgent need to dismantle human privilege and exceptionality (posthumanism), each chapter reveals concepts for rethinking established notions of being, thought, experience, and life. The authors here take examples from a range of different media, including literature and contemporary cinema, featuring films such as Enthiran/The Robot (India, 2010) and CHAPPiE (USA/Mexico, 2015), and new developments in technology and theory. In doing so, they investigate Deleuzian and Guattarian posthumanism from a variety of political and ethical frameworks and perspectives, from afro-pessimism to feminist thought, disability studies, biopolitics, and social justice. Countering the dualisms of Cartesian philosophy and flattening the hierarchies imposed by Humanism, From Deleuze and Guattari to Posthumanism launches vital interrogations of established knowledge and sparks the critical reflection necessary for life in the posthuman era"--
Note:
Introduction. Posthumanisms through Deleuze and Guattari / Christine Daigle and Terrance H. McDonald -- Posthuman monism, vital neo-materialisms, affirmation / Rosi Braidotti -- Deleuzian traces : the self of the polyp / Christine Daigle -- The art of good encounters : Spinoza, Deleuze and Macherey on moving from passive to active joy / Bruce Baugh -- Symmetry & asymmetry in conceptual and morphological formations : the difference plant body growth can make to human thought / Karen L.F. Houle -- Back to Earth! A comparative study between Husserl's and Deleuze's cosmologies / Alain Beaulieu -- Posthuman cinema : Terrence Malick and a cinema of life / Terrance H. McDonald -- Affect/face/close-up : beyond the affection-image in postsecular cinema / Russell J.A. Kilbourn -- 'Subaltern' imaginings of artificial intelligence : Enthiran and CHAPPiE / William Brown -- Becoming-squid, becoming-insect, and the refrain of/from becoming-imperceptible in contemporary science fiction / David H. Fleming -- The biopolitics of posthumanism in Tears in rain / Sherryl Vint -- Dis/abled reflections on posthumanism and biotech / Martin Boucher -- Deleuze after Afro-pessimism / Claire Colebrook -- Incorporeal transformations in truth and reconciliation : a posthuman approach to transitional justice / Mickey Vallee.
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781350262263
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350262256
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