New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies

Book Description:

This book is the first monograph on the theme of “new materialism,” an emerging trend in 21st century thought that has already left its mark in such fields as philosophy, cultural theory, feminism, science studies, and the arts. The first part of the book contains elaborate interviews with some of the most prominent new materialist scholars of today: Rosi Braidotti, Manuel DeLanda, Karen Barad, and Quentin Meillassoux. The second part situates the new materialist tradition in contemporary thought by singling out its transversal methodology, its position on sexual differing, and by developing the ethical and political consequences of new materialism.

Contents

Acknowledgements     9

Introduction: What May I Hope For?     13

I Interviews

1. Interview with Rosi Braidotti     19

2. Interview with Manuel DeLanda     38

3. Interview with Karen Barad     48

4. Interview with Quentin Meillassoux     71

II Cartographies

Introduction: A “New Tradition” in Thought     85

5. The Transversality of New Materialism     93

6. Pushing Dualism to an Extreme     115

7. Sexual Differing     137

8. The End of (Wo)Man     158

Bibliography     181

Permissions     195