Name: Metamorphoses: Towards a Materialist Theory of Becoming
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Author: Rosi Braidotti
ISBN: 9780745625775

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Metamorphoses: Towards a Materialist Theory of Becoming

Type

Physical Book

Author

Rosi Braidotti

Publisher

Polity Press

Year

2001

Language

English

Pages

328

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.2 x 15.6 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.48

ISBN

0745625770

ISBN13

9780745625775

Edition No.

Synopsis "Metamorphoses: Towards a Materialist Theory of Becoming"

The discussions about the ethical, political and human implications of the postmodernist condition have been raging for longer than most of us care to remember. They have been especially fierce within feminism. After a brief flirtation with postmodern thinking in the 1980s, mainstream feminist circles seem to have turned their back on the staple notions of poststructuralist philosophy. Metamorphoses takes stock of the situation and attempts to reset priorities within the poststructuralist feminist agenda. Cross-referring in a creative way to Deleuze's and Irigaray's respective philosophies of difference, the book addresses key notions such as embodiment, immanence, sexual difference, nomadism and the materiality of the subject. Metamorphoses also focuses on the implications of these theories for cultural criticism and a redefinition of politics. It provides a vivid overview of contemporary culture, with special emphasis on technology, the monstrous imaginary and the recurrent obsession with 'the flesh' in the age of techno-bodies. This highly original contribution to current debates is written for those who find changes and transformations challenging and necessary. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy, feminist theory, gender studies, sociology, social theory and cultural studies.

Rosi Braidotti

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Rosi Braidotti es una filósofa feminista de la tradición continental; profesora universitaria emérita distinguida de la Universidad de Utrecht (Países Bajos) y profesora honoraria del Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Posee títulos en filosofía de la ANU y de la Sorbona, así como doctorados honoris causa de las universidades de Helsinki (2007) y Linköping (2013). Es miembro honorario de la Academia Australiana de Humanidades (FAHA) y miembro de la Academia Europaea. En 2022 recibió el Premio de Investigación Humboldt por su contribución académica a lo largo de su trayectoria. Sus publicaciones principales incluyen: *Nomadic Subjects* (2011a) y *Nomadic Theory* (2011b), de Columbia University Press; *The Posthuman* (2013), *Posthuman Knowledge* (2019) y *Posthuman Feminism* (2022), de Polity Press; y *The Posthuman Glossary* (2018) y *More Posthuman Glossary* (2022), de Bloomsbury Academic.

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