Humankind : solidarity with nonhuman people /

Humankind : solidarity with nonhuman people /

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Author / Creator:	Morton, Timothy, 1968- author.
Imprint:	London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2017.
Description:	x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Philosophical anthropology. Human beings. Animals (Philosophy) Human-animal relationships. Animals (Philosophy) Human-animal relationships. Human beings. Philosophical anthropology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11354111

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ISBN:	9781786631329 1786631326 1786632810 9781786632814
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Online version: Morton, Timothy, 1968- author. Humankind Brooklyn : Verso Books, 2017 9781786631336

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Things in Common: An Introduction
1. Life
2. Specters
3. Subscendence
4. Species
5. Kindness
Notes
Index