Critical Theory and New Materialisms

• Author(s): Hartmut Rosa, Christoph Henning, Arthur Bueno,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 216
• ISBN_10: 1000400131
  ISBN_13: 9781000400137
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Philosophy / Political , Philosophy / Movements / Critical Theory , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory , Philosophy / General , Political Science / History & Theory ,

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Bringing together authors from two intellectual traditions that have, so far, generally developed independently of one another – critical theory and new materialism – this book addresses the fundamental differences and potential connections that exist between these two schools of thought. With a focus on some of the most pressing questions of contemporary philosophy and social theory – in particular, those concerning the status of long-standing and contested separations between matter and life, the biological and the symbolic, passivity and agency, affectivity and rationality – it shows that recent developments in both traditions point to important convergences between them and thus prepare the ground for a more direct confrontation and cross-fertilization. The first volume to promote a dialogue between critical theory and new materialism, this collection explores the implications for contemporary debates on ecology, gender, biopolitics, post-humanism, economics and aesthetics. As such, it will appeal to philosophers, social and political theorists, and sociologists with interests in contemporary critical theory and materialism.