SLSA: Philosophy and Theory

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In Search of a New Image of Thought: Gilles Deleuze and Philosophical Expressionism In Search of a New Image of Thought Gilles Deleuze and Philosophical Expressionism Gregg Lambert 2012 Fall
Following the “image of thought” through the labyrinth of Deleuze’s oeuvre
Without Offending Humans: A Critique of Animal Rights Without Offending Humans A Critique of Animal Rights Élisabeth de Fontenay 2012 Fall
What do humans owe to animals?
Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks Virality Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks Tony D. Sampson 2012 Fall
A new theory of viral relationality beyond the biological
Vampyroteuthis Infernalis: A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste Vampyroteuthis Infernalis A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste Vilém Flusser and Louis Bec 2012 Fall
Pondering the human condition while examining the vampire squid from hell
Two Lessons on Animal and Man Two Lessons on Animal and Man Gilbert Simondon 2012 Fall
The increasingly influential French philosopher presents the history of philosophical discourse in regard to humans, animals, and the vegetal
HumAnimal: Race, Law, Language HumAnimal Race, Law, Language Kalpana Rahita Seshadri 2012 Spring
Power and counterpower in the space of silence
Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing Ian Bogost 2012 Spring
A bold new metaphysics that explores how all things—from atoms to green chiles, cotton to computers—interact with, perceive, and experience one another
CIFERAE: A Bestiary in Five Fingers CIFERAE A Bestiary in Five Fingers Thomas R.J. Tyler 2012 Spring
A provocative investigation into animals, hands, and human identity in Western philosophy
Noise Channels: Glitch and Error in Digital Culture Noise Channels Glitch and Error in Digital Culture Peter Krapp 2011 Fall
Brings to light the critical role of noise and error in the creative potential of digital culture
Gameplay Mode: War, Simulation, and Technoculture Gameplay Mode War, Simulation, and Technoculture Patrick Crogan 2011 Fall
Understanding the military logics that created and continue to inform computer games
Surface Encounters: Thinking with Animals and Art Surface Encounters Thinking with Animals and Art Ron Broglio 2011 Fall
Developing a phenomenology of the animal other through contemporary art
Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World Against Ecological Sovereignty Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World Mick Smith 2011 Fall
Links the political critique of sovereign power with ecological concerns
Cosmopolitics II Cosmopolitics II Isabelle Stengers 2011 Fall
A sweeping inquiry that critiques modern science’s claims of objectivity, rationality, and truth
remixthebook remixthebook Mark Amerika 2011 Fall
A model of contemporary remixing and a groundbreaking reflection on digital media
Spinoza Now Spinoza Now Dimitris Vardoulakis, Editor 2011 Spring
The interdisciplinary relevance of Spinoza today
Animal Stories: Narrating across Species Lines Animal Stories Narrating across Species Lines Susan McHugh 2011 Spring
How cross-species companionship is figured across a variety of media—and why it matters
Vilém Flusser: An Introduction Vilém Flusser An Introduction Anke Finger, Rainer Guldin and Gustavo Bernardo 2011 Spring
The first introduction to a key thinker in twentieth-century media philosophy and cultural theory
Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines Human Error Species-Being and Media Machines Dominic Pettman 2011 Spring
Argues that humanity can be seen as a case of mistaken identity
Into the Universe of Technical Images Into the Universe of Technical Images Vilém Flusser 2011 Spring
An examination of the promise and peril of digital communication technologies
Does Writing Have a Future? Does Writing Have a Future? Vilém Flusser 2011 Spring
A prescient exploration of the fate of the book in the digital age
Felt: Fluxus, Joseph Beuys, and the Dalai Lama Felt Fluxus, Joseph Beuys, and the Dalai Lama Chris Thompson 2011 Spring
What happens when nothing happens?
Junkware Junkware Thierry Bardini 2010 Fall
The essential junkiness of our culture and biology
In Babel's Shadow: Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States In Babel's Shadow Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States Brian Lennon 2010 Spring
A study of the limits of multilingual literary expression in print culture
The Other Emerson The Other Emerson Branka Arsić and Cary Wolfe, Editors 2010 Fall
New readings of Ralph Waldo Emerson that reclaim his work for philosophy
A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans: with A Theory of Meaning A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans with A Theory of Meaning Jakob von Uexküll 2010 Fall
The influential work of speculative biology—and a key document in posthumanist studies—now available in a new, accurate English translation
Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife Electric Animal Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife Akira Mizuta Lippit 2008 Fall
A fascinating exploration of the symbolic place animals hold within our culture.
Cosmopolitics I Cosmopolitics I Isabelle Stengers 2010 Spring
A sweeping critique of the role and authority of modern science in contemporary society
I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick I Think I Am Philip K. Dick Laurence A. Rickels 2010 Spring
Sounds out the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dick’s influential fiction
The Force of the Virtual: Deleuze, Science, and Philosophy The Force of the Virtual Deleuze, Science, and Philosophy Peter Gaffney, Editor 2010 Spring
The first book-length work to explore in depth Deleuze’s view of the sciences
From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe From Utopia to Apocalypse Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe Peter Y. Paik 2010 Spring
The pitfalls and limitations of utopian politics as revealed by science fiction