Braidotti Metamorphoses

Towards a Materialist Theory of Becoming
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-6574-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

The discussions about the ethical, political and human implicationsof the postmodernist condition have been raging for longer thanmost of us care to remember. They have been especially fiercewithin feminism. After a brief flirtation with postmodern thinkingin the 1980s, mainstream feminist circles seem to have turned theirback on the staple notions of poststructuralist philosophy.Metamorphoses takes stock of the situation and attempts toreset priorities within the poststructuralist feministagenda.
Cross-referring in a creative way to Deleuze's and Irigaray'srespective philosophies of difference, the book addresses keynotions such as embodiment, immanence, sexual difference, nomadismand the materiality of the subject. Metamorphoses alsofocuses on the implications of these theories for culturalcriticism and a redefinition of politics. It provides a vividoverview of contemporary culture, with special emphasis ontechnology, the monstrous imaginary and the recurrent obsessionwith 'the flesh' in the age of techno-bodies.
This highly original contribution to current debates is writtenfor those who find changes and transformations challenging andnecessary. It will be of great interest to students and scholars ofphilosophy, feminist theory, gender studies, sociology, socialtheory and cultural studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braidotti, Rosi

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
Prologue.
1. Becoming Woman or Sexual Difference Revisited.
2. Zig-Zagging Through Deleuze And Feminism.
3. Metamorphoses: Becoming Woman/Animal/Insect.
4. Cyber-Teratologies.
5. Metamorphoses: The Becoming-Machine.
Epilogue.
Bibliography.
Notes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Rosi Braidotti is Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Utrecht, and Director of the Netherlands Research School of Women's Studies