The Animate World : Posthuman Ontologies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Sean, author.

Series:

Reframing the Boundaries: Thinking the Political.

Reframing the Boundaries: Thinking the Political

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Posthumanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book argues for the necessity of a post-humanism grounded in a vital ontology, in contrast to the nihilist ontological positions and assumptions of a range of existing post and anti-humanisms.

Contents:

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Is the Universe Alive or Dead: The Problem with Ontological Nihilism 1. The Post-Structuralist and Cognitive-Behavioural Origins of Critical Posthumanism 2. Transhumanism: The Post-Biological Ideology of Digital Capitalism 3. Speculative Posthumanism 4. The Libidinal Economy of Nihilist Posthumanism 5. The Culture of Nihilism 6. Indigenous Animism and the Decolonisation of Philosophy 7. The Posthuman Earth 8. Becoming Ecological/Posthumanist 9. Animist Praxis 10 Scientific Realism or Animism: The Physics and Metaphysics of the Anthropocene 11. Ontological Nihilism and the Thanatopolitics Afterword: On Animism, Metaphysics, and those Tempted to Invoke the Spectre of Romantic Reaction Bibliography About the Author

ISBN:

979-88-8184-516-2

9798765160480

1-5381-6979-7

9781538169797

OCLC:

1561170599