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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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Author:   Bruce Braun ,  Sarah J. Whatmore ,  Isabelle Stengers ,  Jane Bennett
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
ISBN:  

9780816670888

ISBN 10:   0816670889
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   03 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Contents Acknowledgements The Stuff of Politics: An Introduction Bruce Braun and Sarah Whatmore Part I. Rematerializing Political Theory: Things Forcing Thought 1. Including Nonhumans in Political Theory: Opening Pandora's Box? Isabelle Stengers 2. Thing-Power Jane Bennett 3. Materiality, Experience, and Surveillance William E. Connolly Part II. Technological Politics: Affective Objects and Events 4. Materialist Politics: Metallurgy Andrew Barry 5. Plastic Materialities Gay Hawkins 6. Halos: Making More Room in the World for New Political Orders Nigel Thrift Part III. Political Technologies: Public (Dis)Orderings 7. Frontstaging Nonhumans: Publicity as a Constraint on the Political Activity of Things Noortje Marres 8. The Political Technology of RU486: Time for the Body and Democracy Rosalyn Diprose 9. Infrastructure and Event: The Political Technology of Preparedness Andrew Lakoff and Stephen J. Collier 10. ""Faitiche""-izing the People: What Representative Democracy Might Learn from Science Studies Lisa Disch Contributors Index"

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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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