Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things

by Jane Bennett

Book Overview

In Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events. Toward that end, she theorizes a "vital materiality" that runs through and across bodies, both human and nonhuman. Bennett explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822346338
• ISBN13: 9780822346333
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"