Fordham University Press, forthcoming (2010). Edited by Tom Cohen and Henry Sussman.
If “climate change” is the general name for the mutation of terrestrial and biomorphic systems opened by the 21st century what are the corresponding mutation of critical paradigms and epistemologies as we shift from focusing on social realities to non-anthropic factors, agencies, implications and timelines? This volume assembles a broad array of philosophical critics—intergenerational and cross-disciplinary—to address this horizon from different critical idioms and projects. In the mode of an “Atlas,” each has chosen a specific entry for this networked discussion of the changing premises of critical discourse.
Contents & Contributors
Introduction—“Critical Reorientation in the Era of Climate Change”?
- “Aftershock” Tom Cohen, English Department, University at Albany
- “Autopoiesis—Cell, Society, Planet” Bruno Clarke, English, Texas Tech University
- “Bailout” Randy Martin, Art and Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
- “Brains and Archives” Catherine Malabou, University of Paris (Nanterre); Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo
- “Bioethics” Joanna Zylinska, Goldsmith College, London
- “Biopolitics” Eva Ziarek, Julian Park Chair, Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo
- “Care” Bernard Stiegler, Director of the Department of Cultural Development, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris
- “Diaspora” Alberto Moreiras, Director, European Studies, University of Aberdeen
- “Extinction” Claire Colebrook, Sparks Professor, English Department, Penn State University
- “Gender (and Difference)” Joan Copjec, English, University at Buffalo
- “Global Unworld” K. Ziarek, Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo
- “Jet-Lag” Henry Sussman, Julian Park Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Buffalo
- “Machine-Works” J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine
- “Sacrifice” Rey Chow, Comparative Literature & Modern Media & Culture, Brown University
- “Scale” Timothy Clark, University of Durham
- “Security” Sam Weber, Avalon Professor of Humanities, Northwestern University
- “Species Invasion” Jason Groves, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Yale University
- “Survival” Yates McKee, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
- “Sustainability” Haun Saussy, Bird White Housum Professor, Comparative Literature, Yale University
- “Time” Robert Markley, English, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
- “War” Mike Hill, English, University at Albany
- “Waste” Tian Song, Sociology, Beijing University
- “Water” James Bunn, English, University at Buffalo