Humankind : Solidarity with Non-Human People

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Timothy Morton ocupa la cátedra de lengua inglesa Rita Shea Guffey en la Universidad Rice (Estados Unidos). Es autor, entre otros, de El pensamiento ecológico, publicado por Paidós. Ha colaborado con diversos artistas, entre los que se encuentran Björk, Olafur Eliasson y Haim Steinbach.