{"product_id":"accidental-agents-9780231204026","title":"Accidental Agents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin Crowley argues that a new conception of agency as both distributed and decisive is necessary in the Anthropocene. A major intervention into ongoing debates in posthumanism, political ecology, and political theory, \u003ci\u003eAccidental Agents\u003c\/i\u003e reshapes our understanding of political agency in and for a more-than-human world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin Crowley's exploration of ’agency’—the power to inflect action in a meaningful way—is fascinating, original, and impressive. He provides lucid interpretations of three important efforts to reconceive agency as distributed rather than as the exclusive property of a human individual or group—those of Bruno Latour, Bernard Stiegler, and Catherine Malabou—while also carrying some elements forward into his own theory of agency, decision, and political action. \u003ci\u003eAccidental Agents\u003c\/i\u003e is a truly excellent book. -- Jane Bennett, author of \u003ci\u003eInflux and Efflux: Writing Up with Walt Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccidental Agents\u003c\/i\u003e is a piece in a giant puzzle, presenting ways of thinking that, while by no means insignificant, no longer stand alone in conceptualizing what an 'antagonistic alliance' looks like. * Ancillary Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Bruno Latour: “We Have to Agree to Talk About War”\u003cbr\u003eHorizon 1. Antagonistic Alliances\u003cbr\u003e2. Bernard Stiegler: Deciding on the Accident\u003cbr\u003eHorizon 2. At the Speed of the Digital Algorithm\u003cbr\u003e3. Catherine Malabou: “There Is Nothing Beforehand”\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524657193303,"sku":"9780231204026","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231204026.jpg?v=1731857639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/accidental-agents-9780231204026","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}