Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"As we contemplate the relevance of the humanities in the twenty- first century, The Nonhuman Turn offers a valuable, if provocative, direction to pursue—question the “human” in the humanities."—ISLE
"A good overview of the various strands of thinking that have contributed to thought on the Anthropocene in relation to media."—The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
"A fascinating, daring and challenging read that deserves to fuel discussion and raises some interesting challenges to anthropocentric critical discourse."—The Anthropocene Review Blog
"Presents rich, compelling interdisciplinary work that pushes the boundary of how we understand the human and the nonhuman, relationality, art, sympathy, and literary critical writing."—Configurations
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction
Richard Grusin
1. The Supernormal Animal
Brian Massumi
2. Consequences of Panpsychism
Steven Shaviro
3. Artfulness
Erin Manning
4.The Aesthetics of Philosophical Carpentry
Ian Bogost
5. Our Predictive Condition; or, Prediction in the Wild
Mark B. N. Hansen
6. Crisis, Crisis, Crisis; or, the Temporality of Networks
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
7. They Are Here
Timothy Morton
8. Form / Matter / Chora: Object-Oriented Ontology and Feminist New Materialism
Rebekah Sheldon
9. Systems and Things: On Vital Materialism and Object-Oriented Philosophy
Jane Bennett
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
