Humankind

by Morton, Timothy

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Title Statements

Full title :Humankind / Timothy Morton.

Summary

What is it that makes humans, human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed Object-Oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminently political. It is in our relationship with non-humans, that we decided the fate of our humanity. Becoming human, claims Morton, actually means creating a network of kindness and solidarity with non-human beings, in the name of a broader understanding of reality that both includes and overcomes the notion of species. Negotiating the politics of humanity is the first and crucial step to reclaim the upper scales of ecological coexistence, not to let Monsanto and cryogenically suspended billionaires to define them and own them.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Verso Books
Place of Publication:Brooklyn
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:224 pages

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781786631329, 1786631326, 1786632810, 9781786632814
oclc:on1002660809
LC Classification:BD450
Dewey Decimal:128

Things in common: an introduction -- Life -- Specters -- Subscendence -- Species -- Kindness.

Subjects

Animals (Philosophy) Animaux (Philosophie) Anthropologie philosophique Homme Homo sapiens (species) Human beings Human-animal relationships Philosophical anthropology Relations homme-animal