The Force of Things
Steps toward an Ecology of Matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5807679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Bennett (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347-372 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5917 • E-ISSN: 1552-7476 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0090591703260853 |
| OpenAlex | W2159272757 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 358 |
This essay seeks to give philosophical expression to the vitality, willfullness, and recalcitrance possessed by nonhuman entities and forces. It also considers the ethico-political import of an enhanced awareness of "thing-power." Drawing from Lucretius, Spinoza, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, and others, it describes a materialism of lively matter, to be placed in conversation with the historical materialism of Marx and the body materialism of feminist and cultural studies. Thing-power materialism is a speculative onto-story, an admittedly presumptuous attempt to depict the nonhumanity that flows around and through humans. The essay concludes with a preliminary discussion of the ecological implications of thing-power
Aesthetics · Conversation · Cultural materialism (cultural studies · Epistemology · Historical materialism · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · Metaphysics · Physicalism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Theology · Vitality · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 358 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 17,9 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 352 |