Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology After the End of the World

by Timothy Morton

Book Overview

Having set global warming in irreversible motion, we are facing the possibility of ecological catastrophe. But the environmental emergency is also a crisis for our philosophical habits of thought, confronting us with a problem that seems to defy not only our control but also our understanding. Global warming is perhaps the most dramatic example of what Timothy Morton calls "hyperobjects"--entities of such vast temporal and spatial dimensions that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816689237
• ISBN13: 9780816689231
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"