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Political Matter: Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life - Softcover

 
9780816670895: Political Matter: Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0816670897 ISBN 13: 9780816670895
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2010

Synopsis

Taking seriously the argument that things have politics, Political Matter seeks to develop a fully materialist theory of politics, one that opens new possibilities for imagining the relationship between scientific and political practices. The contributors assert that without such a theory the profusion of complex materials with and through which we live-plastic bags, smart cars, and long-life lightbulbs, for example-too often leaves us oscillating between fearful repudiation and glib celebration.
Exploring the frictions that come from linking the work of scholars in science and technology studies and political theory, these essays spark new ways of understanding the matter of politics.

Contributors: Andrew Barry, U of Oxford; Jane Bennett, Johns Hopkins U; Stephen J. Collier, New School; William E. Connolly, Johns Hopkins U; Rosalyn Diprose, U of New South Wales; Lisa Disch, U of Michigan; Gay Hawkins, U of New South Wales; Andrew Lakoff, UC San Diego; Noortje Marres, U of London; Isabelle Stengers, U Libre de Bruxelles; Nigel Thrift, U of Warwick.

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About the Author

Bruce Braun is associate professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. Sarah Whatmore is professor of environment and public policy at the University of Oxford.

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Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816670897
ISBN 13 
9780816670895
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
328
Editor
Braun Bruce, Whatmore Sarah J.