Humankind

MORTON,TIMOTHY

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Author
MORTON,TIMOTHY
Publish Date
01/01/2019
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
VERSOB
Subtitle
Solidarity with Non-Human People
Number of Pages
224
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
178873100X
ISBN-13
9781788731003
SKU
9781788731003

Description

A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans

What is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed object-oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminently political. In our relationship with nonhumans, we decide the fate of our humanity. Becoming human, claims Morton, actually means creating a network of kindness and solidarity with nonhuman beings, in the name of a broader understanding of reality that both includes and overcomes the notion of species. Negotiating the politics of humanity is the first crucial step in reclaiming the upper scales of ecological coexistence and resisting corporations like Monsanto and the technophilic billionaires who would rob us of our kinship with people beyond our species.