Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things 0822346338, 9780822346333

In Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her f

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English Pages 200 Year 2010

Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things
0822346338, 9780822346333

Table of contents : Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 8 Impersonal Affect......Page 12 A Note on Methodology......P

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In Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her f

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Table of contents : Preface......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 23 The Force of Things......Page 27 The Agency of Asse

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Theorizes the political agency of things and natural phenomena—such as trash, food, weather, and electricity—to examine

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Governance failure and corruption are increasingly identified as key causes of tropical deforestation. In Nigeria’s Edo

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The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political

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