The government of things Foucault and the new materialism's
Examines the theoretical achievements and the political impact of the new materialisms. Materialism, a rich philosophical tradition that goes back to antiquity, is currently undergoing a renaissance. In The Government of Things, Thomas Lemke provides a comprehensive overview and critical assessment...
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New York University Press
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I : varieties of materialism
- Immaterialism : Graham Harman and the weirdness of objects
- Vital materialism : Jane Bennett and the vibrancy of things
- Diffractive materialism : Karen Barad and the performativity of phenomena
- Part II : elements of a more-than-human analytics of government
- Material-discursive entanglements : grasping the concept of the dispositive
- More-than-social configurations : expanding the understanding of technology
- Beyond anthropocentric framings : circulating the Idea of the Milieu
- Part III : toward a relational materialism
- Aligning science and technology studies and an analytics of government
- Environmentality : mapping contemporary political topographies
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments