SLSA: Philosophy and Theory

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The Language of Nature: Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century The Language of Nature Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century Geoffrey Gorham, Benjamin Hill, Edward Slowik and C. Kenneth Waters, Editors 2016 Spring
Reassessing how the integration of mathematics and natural philosophy contributed to the scientific revolution
Dark Deleuze Dark Deleuze Andrew Culp 2016 Spring
Rekindling Deleuze’s opposition to what is intolerable about this world
On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects Gilbert Simondon 2016 Spring
A groundbreaking study on the universe of technical objects by one of France’s most important thinkers of the second half of the twentieth century.
What Gender Is, What Gender Does What Gender Is, What Gender Does Judith Roof 2016 Spring
A truly new conceptualization of “genders”
The Age of Lovecraft The Age of Lovecraft Carl H. Sederholm and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Editors 2016 Spring
The first sustained look at Lovecraft in relation to twenty-first-century critical theory and culture
Manifestly Haraway Manifestly Haraway Donna J. Haraway 2016 Spring
Breaking down the binaries: two manifestos and a conversation on dogs and cyborgs, the implosion of technology, and human and nonhuman beings
Inanimation: Theories of Inorganic Life Inanimation Theories of Inorganic Life David Wills 2016 Spring
An exuberantly original perspective on what it means to be “alive”
Neofinalism Neofinalism Raymond Ruyer 2016 Spring
The masterwork of an influential French philosopher, available in English for the first time
On the Existence of Digital Objects On the Existence of Digital Objects Yuk Hui 2016 Spring
How and why digital objects are best theorized through relations
Ambient Media: Japanese Atmospheres of Self Ambient Media Japanese Atmospheres of Self Paul Roquet 2016 Spring
How atmospheric media have come to shape urban Japan
Elemental Ecocriticism: Thinking with Earth, Air, Water, and Fire Elemental Ecocriticism Thinking with Earth, Air, Water, and Fire Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Lowell Duckert, Editors 2015 Fall
Brings to ecotheory and the environmental humanities the challenges and possibilities offered by thinking in elemental terms
Dead Matter: The Meaning of Iconic Corpses Dead Matter The Meaning of Iconic Corpses Margaret Schwartz 2015 Fall
A corpse is much more than a dead body
Mandela’s Dark Years: A Political Theory of Dreaming Mandela’s Dark Years A Political Theory of Dreaming Sharon Sliwinski 2016 Spring
Inspired by one of Nelson Mandela’s recurring nightmares, Mandela’s Dark Years offers a political reading of dream-life
The Challenge of Surrealism: The Correspondence of Theodor W. Adorno and Elisabeth Lenk The Challenge of Surrealism The Correspondence of Theodor W. Adorno and Elisabeth Lenk Elisabeth Lenk and Theodor W. Adorno Susan H. Gillespie, Editor 2015 Fall
An epistolary treasure trove and a newly contextualized look at philosopher Theodor W. Adorno
Improper Names: Collective Pseudonyms from the Luddites to Anonymous Improper Names Collective Pseudonyms from the Luddites to Anonymous Marco Deseriis 2015 Fall
The first comprehensive analysis of the shared pseudonym, a collective strategy to build symbolic power that challenges established forms of political and aesthetic representation
All Thoughts Are Equal: Laruelle and Nonhuman Philosophy All Thoughts Are Equal Laruelle and Nonhuman Philosophy John Ó Maoilearca 2015 Fall
A much-needed illumination of the “non-philosophy” of François Laruelle
Singular Images, Failed Copies: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Early Photograph Singular Images, Failed Copies William Henry Fox Talbot and the Early Photograph Vered Maimon 2015 Fall
Reassessing what early photography meant to its makers and viewers
Cosmic Pessimism Cosmic Pessimism Eugene Thacker 2015 Fall
“A philosophy exists between the axiom and the sigh. Pessimism is the wavering, the hovering.”
Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman Stone An Ecology of the Inhuman Jeffrey Jerome Cohen 2015 Spring
A beautifully written account of stone’s intimacy to what it means to be human
Necromedia Necromedia Marcel O’Gorman 2015 Spring
An unusual answer to a common question: Why does technology play such a powerful role in our culture?
A Geology of Media A Geology of Media Jussi Parikka 2015 Spring
A sweeping new ecological take on technology
Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945 Fiery Cinema The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945 Weihong Bao 2015 Spring
Examines media spectatorship and affect through the unique case of modern China
The Intellective Space: Thinking beyond Cognition The Intellective Space Thinking beyond Cognition Laurent Dubreuil 2015 Spring
A daring exploration of the space between language and thought
Physics of Blackness: Beyond the Middle Passage Epistemology Physics of Blackness Beyond the Middle Passage Epistemology Michelle M. Wright 2015 Spring
Reveals how assumptions we make about time and space inhibit more inclusive definitions of Blackness
The Nonhuman Turn The Nonhuman Turn Richard Grusin, Editor 2015 Spring
A groundbreaking work introducing a new series in twenty-first-century studies
The Arachnean and Other Texts The Arachnean and Other Texts Fernand Deligny 2013 Fall
The network as a mode of being
Counting Species: Biodiversity in Global Environmental Politics Counting Species Biodiversity in Global Environmental Politics Rafi Youatt 2015 Spring
How has the idea of biodiversity reconstructed political realities?
No Speed Limit: Three Essays on Accelerationism No Speed Limit Three Essays on Accelerationism Steven Shaviro 2015 Spring
Proposes a vision of survival and flourishing in the face of economic and environmental catastrophe
World Projects: Global Information before World War I World Projects Global Information before World War I Markus Krajewski 2014 Fall
Before Google and globalization, big-thinking Germans brought the world closer together
The Way Things Go: An Essay on the Matter of Second Modernism The Way Things Go An Essay on the Matter of Second Modernism Aaron Jaffe 2014 Fall
That rare modernist book: erudite, innovative, thought provoking, and playful