New Politics of Materialism

<p>New materialism challenges the mechanistic models characteristic of early modern philosophy that regarded matter as largely passive and inert. Instead it gives weight to topics often overlooked in such accounts: agency vitalism complexity contingency and self-organization.</p><p></p><p>This collection which includes an international roster of contributors from philosophy history literature and science is the first to ask what is new about the new materialism and place it in interdisciplinary perspective. Against current theories of new materialism it argues for a deeper engagement with materialism's history questions whether matter can be lively and asks whether new materialism's wish to revitalize politics and the political lives up to its promise.</p><p></p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong> Keith Ansell-Pearson Sarah Ellenzweig Christian J. Emden N. Katherine Hayles Jess Keiser Mogens Laerke Ian Lowrie Lenny Moss Angela Willey Catherine Wilson Charles T. Wolfe Derek Woods and John H. Zammito.</p>