{"product_id":"against-new-materialisms-benjamin-boysen-9781350331082","title":"Against New Materialisms","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive scrutiny of the theories associated with new materialisms including speculative realism, new materialism, Object-oriented ontology and actor-network theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most influential trends in the humanities and social sciences in the last decades, new materialisms embody a critique of modernity and a pledge to regain immediate reality by focusing on the materiality of the world - human and nonhuman - rather than a post-structuralist focus upon texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst New Materialisms \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the theoretical and practical problems connected with discarding modernity and the human subject from a number of interdisciplinary angles: ontology and phenomenology to political theory, mythology and ecology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith contributions from international scholars, including Markus Gabriel, Andrew Cole, and Dipesh Chakrabarty, the essays here challenge the capacity of new materialisms to provide solutions to current international crises, whilst also calling into question what the desire for such theories can tell us about the global situation today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Boysen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350331082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350331082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Benjamin Boysen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311182860543,"sku":"9781350331082","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c5f308e-3f56-4ed7-b7b4-d34056c477cb.jpg?v=1730888767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-new-materialisms-benjamin-boysen-9781350331082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}