This essay proposes a genealogical cartography of the emergence of a posthuman turn in
critical theory, including feminist theory, based on the convergence of posthumanism with …

The Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium.
Going further than earlier conceptions of the human–environment relationship …

The possibility of a new emancipatory and democratizing politics, explored through the lens
of recent urban insurgencies. In Promises of the Political, Erik Swyngedouw explores …

This paper argues that 'the Anthropocene'is a deeply depoliticizing notion. This de-
politicization unfolds through the creation of a set of narratives, what we refer to as …

In The Brain's Body Victoria Pitts-Taylor brings feminist and critical theory to bear on new
development in neuroscience to demonstrate how power and inequality are materially and …

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 …

4 In an age of overwhelming information, consider the impact of noise-cancelling
headphones, or white noise machines that, similarly to the case of Orpheus, drown out the …

In view of the philosophical problems that vex the debate on situated affectivity, it can seem
wise to focus on simple cases. Accordingly, theorists often single out scenarios in which an …

The popular narrative of" globesity" posits that the adoption of Western diets is intensifying
obesity and diabetes in the Global South and that disordered metabolisms are the embodied …

Iris van der Tuin redirects the notion of generational logic in feminism away from its simplistic
conception as conflict. Generational logic is said to problematize feminist theory and gender …