Monstrous ontologies : politics ethics materiality / edited by Caterina Nirta and Andrea Pavoni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nirta, Caterina, editor.

Pavoni, Andrea, editor.

Series:

Vernon series in philosophy

Vernon Press series in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monsters--Philosophy.

Monsters.

Monsters--Symbolic aspects.

Monsters--Social aspects.

Monsters--Mythology.

Monsters in art.

Monsters in popular culture.

Monsters in literature.

Ontologies (Information retrieval).

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2021]

Contents:

Monster-measures and monstrous values : a short reflection on the foundations of individual-environmental theory / Andrea Mubi Brighenti

Learning to live and die in the Cthulhucene / Paul Reid-Bowen

Relating (to) monstrosity and hybridity : translation and interconnectedness in the age of hyperobjects / Lucile Desblache

Uranium as monster in Swakopmund / Jack Boulton

Monster as a tool for thinking : learning from spatial practices in abnormal territories / Ramón Córdova González, Signe Pērkone

Revisiting Deleuze's bestiary : what difference do monsters make? / Carl Olsson

Do revolutions need monsters? : ethnographic fragments on toxic fish, monstrosity and social justice / Panos Kompatsiaris

Beyond scientific racism : monstrous ontologies and hostile environments / Sweta Rajan-Rankin

The slender man's ontology : playing with reality and belief online / Vivian Asimos

Collective voices and the materialisation of ideas : the monster as methods / The Monster Network

Fleeing from categories : monstrous artefacts and style in archaeology / Emanuele Prezioso

The unbearable monstrosity of being. On the narrative provincialization of ontologies / Riccardo Baldissone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781622738908

162273890X

OCLC:

1241732280

Publisher Number:

99992113814