Michael Uhall
Biographic Data
| ID | 1377311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Uhall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Uhall |
| SIGNATURE | UHALL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7093-332X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dark Laboratories of the Soil
Faced with the ecological crisis, it is necessary to elaborate a cosmopolitical stance. Such a cosmopolitics indicates the degree to which traditionally political categories are in fact products of the ecological landscape. Bruno Latour helps us theorize just such a cosmopolitics. I argue that Latour allows us privileged access to the diverse agencies composing our ecological condition. Latour is primarily an ecological thinker. I explore Latour'…
Companion Ecologies
The End of the Affair with Life
The relationship between death and politics figures prominently for us. However, the dead body has been neglected by this tradition. This paper shows how the figure of the corpse offers speculative resources in our contemporary moment, marked by conditions of existential threat and political decay. The paper discusses the ontological liveliness of the corpse, especially in relation to new materialism. The paper nevertheless draws our attention to…
Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life
Reviewed by: Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life: A Vitalist Toolkit by Paul Bishop Michael Uhall (bio) Paul Bishop, Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life: A Vitalist Toolkit. New York: Routledge, 2018, 218 pp., $112.00 cloth. Although he remains relatively unknown today, the German Lebensphilosoph (or "philosopher of life") and psychologist Ludwig Klages was tremendously influential throughout the mid-twentieth century. His preoccupation…
Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter by Sha Xin Wei
Reviewed by: Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter by Sha Xin Wei Michael Uhall (bio) Sha Xin Wei, Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2013, 384 pp. $45.00 cloth. The basic idea informing Sha Xin Wei's Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter is that both matter and media inhere in a continuous plenum of inextricably interrelated processes. As the title indicates, Sha employs the mathematical field of…
Creaturely Conditions
A considerable amount of attention has been directed to the animal/human distinction in recent years, but there remains a fundamentally productive, if unsettling ambiguity within the distinction itself. The distinction operationalizes a generalized skepticism about other minds. Accordingly, the essay advocates for a reclamation and reconsideration of the creaturely as a category and a condition within which dwell the subjects of skepticism. In or…
Creaturely Conditions
A considerable amount of attention has been directed to the animal/human distinction in recent years, but there remains a fundamentally productive, if unsettling ambiguity within the distinction itself. The distinction operationalizes a generalized skepticism about other minds. Accordingly, the essay advocates for a reclamation and reconsideration of the creaturely as a category and a condition within which dwell the subjects of skepticism. In or…
Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter by Sha Xin Wei
Reviewed by: Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter by Sha Xin Wei Michael Uhall (bio) Sha Xin Wei, Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2013, 384 pp. $45.00 cloth. The basic idea informing Sha Xin Wei's Poiesis and Enchantment in Topological Matter is that both matter and media inhere in a continuous plenum of inextricably interrelated processes. As the title indicates, Sha employs the mathematical field of…
The End of the Affair with Life
The relationship between death and politics figures prominently for us. However, the dead body has been neglected by this tradition. This paper shows how the figure of the corpse offers speculative resources in our contemporary moment, marked by conditions of existential threat and political decay. The paper discusses the ontological liveliness of the corpse, especially in relation to new materialism. The paper nevertheless draws our attention to…
Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life
Reviewed by: Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life: A Vitalist Toolkit by Paul Bishop Michael Uhall (bio) Paul Bishop, Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life: A Vitalist Toolkit. New York: Routledge, 2018, 218 pp., $112.00 cloth. Although he remains relatively unknown today, the German Lebensphilosoph (or "philosopher of life") and psychologist Ludwig Klages was tremendously influential throughout the mid-twentieth century. His preoccupation…
Companion Ecologies
Dark Laboratories of the Soil
Faced with the ecological crisis, it is necessary to elaborate a cosmopolitical stance. Such a cosmopolitics indicates the degree to which traditionally political categories are in fact products of the ecological landscape. Bruno Latour helps us theorize just such a cosmopolitics. I argue that Latour allows us privileged access to the diverse agencies composing our ecological condition. Latour is primarily an ecological thinker. I explore Latour'…
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