Ecological Reasonings - Kilian Jörg

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Auteur(s) : Kilian Jörg

Editeur : Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 31/10/2024

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 344

Dimensions : 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.5

ISBN : 1350372110

Résumé :

What role does 'reason' have in tackling the catastrophic ecological situation of the early 21st-century?

Can the concept shrug off its problematic role in Western epistemology and find a new place and function in dealing with the Anthropocene? In Ecological Reasonings, Kilian J?rg argues that we ignore reason at our peril.

This book revolves around the idea that in order to salvage reason, we must include it in the current move to pluralize the key concepts of Western philosophy - where we once talked of nature, science and technology, we now talk about natures, sciences, and technologies. In the same way, it is time to reconceptualize reason as reasonings - a diverse and multi-perspectival wealth of interactions that can create a vital alternative to the mainstream academic thought. Drawing on a broad span of theoretical traditions including new materialism, eco-feminism, embodied performance and speculative philosophy, J?rg weaves countless voices and aspects together to demonstrate the rich texture of his pluralized vision. The impact of these new reasonings on the pressing challenges of our time can be seen in the sheer scope of these elements, from the role of artificial intelligence to the post-truth society and how science can shape our own self-understanding.

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Biographie:

Preface

Part I: Introduction
1. A Pluralization of Reason to make ecological reasoning(s) thinkable - Methodical
2. Nietzsche as an early case example of a thinker of ecological reason(s)

Part II: Problems & Critique
3. Critiques of Reason
4. How does critique matter?

Part III: Emergence & Pluralization
5. Re-examining classics - Making do in the ruins of Reason
6. Resilience of Reason

Part IV: Affirmation
7. Provincializing Reason - Ecological Reasonings in intercultural cross-examination
8. Ecological reasonings & corporeality
9. Ecological reasonings in the sciences
10. Ecological Reason(ing)(s)

Part V : Consequences
11. Ecological reasonings & the digital
12. Ecological reason & the political
13. Ecological reasonings & the arts

Bibliography

Sommaire:
Kilian J?rg works both artistically and philosophically on the topic of ecological catastrophe and how its transformative forces can best be imagined and deployed. Previous publications have been on club culture, the political backlash from an ecological perspective, cultivating distance in catastrophic times and a speculative religion of waste. Their current research topics are the car as a metaphor for our toxic entanglements with modern lifestyles (released in book form as Das Auto und die ?kologische Katastrophe in September 2024), the socio-psychological effects of living with ecocide and radical activist strategies of reclaiming land like the ZAD in France. They are working with the Futurama.Lab at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and are affiliated to the SFB Affective Societies at the FU Berlin. www.kilianj.org...