Description
Product ID: | 9781786631329 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Humankind |
Subtitle: | Solidarity with Non-Human People |
Authors: | Author: Timothy Morton |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Social and political philosophy, Social theory, Social & political philosophy, Social theory |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans What is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed object-oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminently political. In our relationship with nonhumans, we decide the fate of our humanity. Becoming human, claims Morton, actually means creating a network of kindness and solidarity with nonhuman beings, in the name of a broader understanding of reality that both includes and overcomes the notion of species. Negotiating the politics of humanity is the first crucial step in reclaiming the upper scales of ecological coexistence and resisting corporations like Monsanto and the technophilic billionaires who would rob us of our kinship with people beyond our species. |
Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-08-22 |