Katherine E Young
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine E Young |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine E |
| FAMILY NAME | Young |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNG K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaii at Hilo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Animals in an Earthborn Democracy
The animal question in politics is as old as politics itself. It is a question that drives my own work, where I consistently confront an absence of animals viewed on their own terms, in and for themselves, in conceptions of political life. Animals are often part of the story, but as mystical and allegorical figures, sacrificial bodies, and constitutive limits of the civil state. Modern liberal democracies take on the latter position of marking an…
Vegetarianism as Utopian Figuration
Vegetarianism functions as utopian figuration in neoliberal capitalist society, but not in a productive or radical sense. It is instead reduced to a lifestyle politics, expressed in personal consumer and ethical choices that reify the status quo. However, this does not mean that the idea of vegetarianism as utopian figuration should be abandoned. Working from Herbert Marcuse’s critical theory—specifically, his discussions of animals and also his …
Adorno and Marcuse at the Barricades
When Marx proclaimed the importance of not just interpreting the world but actually changing it, he initiated an important imperative that has existed within all forms of critical theory up to today. Drawing upon the work of Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse, we use their unique way of looking at the theory/praxis couplet as an avenue to rethink the role of critical theory as a form of “scholar-activism.” Theory, to paraphrase Adorno, lives on b…
Herbert’s Herbivore
Careful reading of Herbert Marcuse’s texts, including Counterrevolution and Revolt, One-Dimensional Man, An Essay on Liberation, and Eros and Civilization, reveals his subtle attention to the human-animal dialectic and its role in human liberation. More specifically, animals mark the irrationality of advanced industrialized society for Marcuse, and his subtle but keen treatment of the animal question in politics provides an opening to radically r…
Adorno, Gastronomic Authenticity, and the Politics of Eating Well
Recent trends like locavorism, green consumerism, and ethical consumption point to a new politics of eating, what is called in this article the new gastronomy, which centers on buying locally, humanely, and sustainably produced foods. However, rather than exemplifying a novel and contemporary turn in food politics, it is argued that the new gastronomy’s faith in buying local is linked to an ancient politics of consumption that can be traced back …
Goodbye Mr. Socialism
Antonio Negri Peter Thomas (Trans.), New York: Seven Stories Press, 2008, 160 pp Antonio Negri is probably best known for his work with Michael Hardt on the Empire trilogy.1 If one were to judge Ne
Adorno and Marcuse at the Barricades
When Marx proclaimed the importance of not just interpreting the world but actually changing it, he initiated an important imperative that has existed within all forms of critical theory up to today. Drawing upon the work of Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse, we use their unique way of looking at the theory/praxis couplet as an avenue to rethink the role of critical theory as a form of “scholar-activism.” Theory, to paraphrase Adorno, lives on b…
Herbert’s Herbivore
Careful reading of Herbert Marcuse’s texts, including Counterrevolution and Revolt, One-Dimensional Man, An Essay on Liberation, and Eros and Civilization, reveals his subtle attention to the human-animal dialectic and its role in human liberation. More specifically, animals mark the irrationality of advanced industrialized society for Marcuse, and his subtle but keen treatment of the animal question in politics provides an opening to radically r…
Adorno, Gastronomic Authenticity, and the Politics of Eating Well
Recent trends like locavorism, green consumerism, and ethical consumption point to a new politics of eating, what is called in this article the new gastronomy, which centers on buying locally, humanely, and sustainably produced foods. However, rather than exemplifying a novel and contemporary turn in food politics, it is argued that the new gastronomy’s faith in buying local is linked to an ancient politics of consumption that can be traced back …
Goodbye Mr. Socialism
Antonio Negri Peter Thomas (Trans.), New York: Seven Stories Press, 2008, 160 pp Antonio Negri is probably best known for his work with Michael Hardt on the Empire trilogy.1 If one were to judge Ne
Adorno, Gastronomic Authenticity, and the Politics of Eating Well
Recent trends like locavorism, green consumerism, and ethical consumption point to a new politics of eating, what is called in this article the new gastronomy, which centers on buying locally, humanely, and sustainably produced foods. However, rather than exemplifying a novel and contemporary turn in food politics, it is argued that the new gastronomy’s faith in buying local is linked to an ancient politics of consumption that can be traced back …
Herbert’s Herbivore
Careful reading of Herbert Marcuse’s texts, including Counterrevolution and Revolt, One-Dimensional Man, An Essay on Liberation, and Eros and Civilization, reveals his subtle attention to the human-animal dialectic and its role in human liberation. More specifically, animals mark the irrationality of advanced industrialized society for Marcuse, and his subtle but keen treatment of the animal question in politics provides an opening to radically r…
Adorno and Marcuse at the Barricades
When Marx proclaimed the importance of not just interpreting the world but actually changing it, he initiated an important imperative that has existed within all forms of critical theory up to today. Drawing upon the work of Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse, we use their unique way of looking at the theory/praxis couplet as an avenue to rethink the role of critical theory as a form of “scholar-activism.” Theory, to paraphrase Adorno, lives on b…
Vegetarianism as Utopian Figuration
Vegetarianism functions as utopian figuration in neoliberal capitalist society, but not in a productive or radical sense. It is instead reduced to a lifestyle politics, expressed in personal consumer and ethical choices that reify the status quo. However, this does not mean that the idea of vegetarianism as utopian figuration should be abandoned. Working from Herbert Marcuse’s critical theory—specifically, his discussions of animals and also his …
Animals in an Earthborn Democracy
The animal question in politics is as old as politics itself. It is a question that drives my own work, where I consistently confront an absence of animals viewed on their own terms, in and for themselves, in conceptions of political life. Animals are often part of the story, but as mystical and allegorical figures, sacrificial bodies, and constitutive limits of the civil state. Modern liberal democracies take on the latter position of marking an…
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