The Force of Things: Steps toward an Ecology of Matter Export

@article{citeulike:3451481, abstract = {This essay seeks to give philosophical expression to the vitality, willfullness, and recalcitrance possessed by nonhuman entities and forces. It also considers the ethico-political import of an enhanced awareness of "thing-power." Drawing from Lucretius, Spinoza, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, and others, it describes a materialism of lively matter, to be placed in conversation with the historical materialism of Marx and the body materialism of feminist and cultural studies. Thing-power materialism is a speculative onto-story, an admittedly presumptuous attempt to depict the nonhumanity that flows around and through humans. The essay concludes with a preliminary discussion of the ecological implications of thing-power.}, author = {Bennett, Jane}, citeulike-article-id = {3451481}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4148158}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4148158}, doi = {10.2307/4148158}, issn = {00905917}, journal = {Political Theory}, keywords = {automation, ecology, immanence, latour, materialism, materiality, nonhumans, production, things}, number = {3}, pages = {347--372}, posted-at = {2008-10-26 16:02:45}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Sage Publications, Inc.}, title = {The Force of Things: Steps toward an Ecology of Matter}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4148158}, volume = {32}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3451481 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3451481 N2 - This essay seeks to give philosophical expression to the vitality, willfullness, and recalcitrance possessed by nonhuman entities and forces. It also considers the ethico-political import of an enhanced awareness of "thing-power." Drawing from Lucretius, Spinoza, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, and others, it describes a materialism of lively matter, to be placed in conversation with the historical materialism of Marx and the body materialism of feminist and cultural studies. Thing-power materialism is a speculative onto-story, an admittedly presumptuous attempt to depict the nonhumanity that flows around and through humans. The essay concludes with a preliminary discussion of the ecological implications of thing-power. IS - 3 JF - Political Theory SN - 00905917 EP - 372 TI - The Force of Things: Steps toward an Ecology of Matter PB - Sage Publications, Inc. VL - 32 SP - 347 KW - automation KW - ecology KW - immanence KW - latour KW - materialism KW - materiality KW - nonhumans KW - production KW - things AU - Bennett, Jane PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4148158 ER -