{"product_id":"posthumanist-vulnerability-9781350302884","title":"Posthumanist Vulnerability","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA timely dethroning of the human subject and embracing of a new kind of existence, in this book Christine Daigle highlights the affirmative potential of vulnerability amidst unprecedented times of more-than-human crises. By bringing together traditions as diverse as feminist materialist philosophy, phenomenology, and affect theory, Daigle convincingly pleas for the radical embracing of a shared posthumanist vulnerability.\u003ci\u003ePosthuman Vulnerability \u003c\/i\u003efills a significant theoretical gap - whilst feminism has explored the affirming power of vulnerability, it''s been from a very human-centric viewpoint. In posing a feminist and posthuman take on vulnerability, Daigle is bridging traditions in a totally original and much needed way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing inspiration from non-human critters such as coral polyps and an insistent  bee, \u003ci\u003ePosthumanist Vulnerability\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to be vulnerable and agentic – transjective – beings, and how they may teach humans ethical lessons in unlearning human exceptionalism. This is a truly wonderful book,  full of new, affirmative posthumanist insight. * Nina Lykke, Poet and Professor of Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sweden, and Aarhus University, Denmark *\u003cbr\u003eDaigle’s \u003ci\u003ePosthumanist Vulnerability\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely philosophical monograph, highlighting the affirmative potential of multispecies vulnerability amidst unprecedented times of more-than-human crises. Bringing together traditions as diverse as feminist materialist philosophy, phenomenology, Deleuzoguattarian thought, and affect theory, Daigle dethrones the human subject and convincingly pleas for the radical embracing of a shared posthumanist vulnerability. * Evelien Geerts, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeandering 1: In lieu of a Preface\u003c\/i\u003e   Introduction: By way of Getting Started   \u003ci\u003eMeandering 2: Land Acknowledgement\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 1: The Transjective—A Posthumanist Material Feminist Ontology   \u003ci\u003eMeandering 3: Charlie and Me \u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 2: Our Polyp-Being   \u003ci\u003eMeandering 4: Feeling\/Being Out of Place\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 3: Affective Fabric and Collective Agency   \u003ci\u003eMeandering 5: Inoculation \u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 4: Of Selves and Agents   \u003ci\u003eMeandering 6: Inosculation\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003ci\u003eMeandering 7: 4am By the Train Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 5: Vulnerability    \u003ci\u003eMeandering 8: World in Turmoil\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 6: Manifold Toxicity    \u003ci\u003eMeandering 9: Cohabitating\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 7: Ethical Thriving   \u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738617885015,"sku":"9781350302884","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350302884.jpg?v=1720049672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/posthumanist-vulnerability-9781350302884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}