Theory and Philosophy

The End of Man A Feminist Counterapocalypse Joanna Zylinska 2018 Spring

Debugging the Anthropocene’s insistence on apocalyptic tropes

What Is Information? Peter Janich 2018 Spring

A novel way of looking at information challenges longstanding dogmas—from a preeminent German thinker

Deconstruction Machines Writing in the Age of Cyberwar Justin Joque 2018 Spring

A bold new theory of cyberwar argues that militarized hacking is best understood as a form of deconstruction

Advances Jacques Derrida 2017 Fall

An unlimited prehistory of the world that opens up its unpredictable future

Callous Objects Designs against the Homeless Robert Rosenberger 2018 Spring

Uncovering injustices built into our everyday surroundings

Veer Ecology A Companion for Environmental Thinking Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Lowell Duckert, Editors 2017 Fall

An innovative toolkit designed to prompt new awareness of the risk and potential of living on—and with—an alarmingly dynamic planet

Life A Modern Invention Davide Tarizzo 2017 Fall

A paradigm-shifting genealogy of biological life as metaphysical concept rather than a scientific category

Foucault on Painting Catherine M. Soussloff 2017 Fall

A timely exploration of Foucault’s art historical and philosophical engagement with painting as knowledge

Bioaesthetics Making Sense of Life in Science and the Arts Carsten Strathausen 2017 Fall

A comprehensive critique of the ideas behind bioaesthetics, and a necessary, methodical account of both its insights and its deficiencies

Transhumanism Evolutionary Futurism and the Human Technologies of Utopia Andrew Pilsch 2017 Fall

Exploring the rich history and utopian potential of transhumanism’s belief that humanity is on the cusp of radical evolutionary transformation

Brouhaha Worlds of the Contemporary Lionel Ruffel 2017 Spring

A rigorous inquiry into the question of the “contemporary” in an era of hypermediation and globalization

The Language of Plants Science, Philosophy, Literature Monica Gagliano, John C. Ryan and Patrícia Vieira, Editors 2017 Spring

Exploring the idea that plants can think, feel, and communicate as a way of reconfiguring our relationship with the natural world

Philosophy after Friendship Deleuze’s Conceptual Personae Gregg Lambert 2017 Spring

Redefining the goals of future political philosophy—and removing its justification for war

Creaturely Love How Desire Makes Us More and Less Than Human Dominic Pettman 2017 Spring

A fascinating look at the role of animals in human love through the ages

Anthropocene Feminism Richard Grusin, Editor 2017 Spring

A stunning experiment in thinking of the Anthropocene through feminism and queer theory

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