On the Limits and Promise of New Materialist Philosophy

On the Limits and Promise of New Materialist Philosophy

A response to the forum, “Emergent Critical Analytics for Alternative Humanities,” edited by Chris A. Eng and Amy K. King. Kyla Wazana Tompkins questions the structures informing claims of newness posed by discussions of “New Materialism.” She discusses the troubling ways in which these discourses,...

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Main Author: Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cultural Studies Association 2016-05-01
Series:Lateral
Subjects:
humanities
new materialism
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.25158/L5.1.8
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spelling doaj-8d267b6081a1492f93299098138edb072020-11-25T03:00:42ZengCultural Studies AssociationLateral2469-40532016-05-015110.25158/L5.1.8http://csalateral.org/issue/5-1/forum-alt-humanities-new-materialist-philosophy-tompkins/On the Limits and Promise of New Materialist PhilosophyKyla Wazana TompkinsA response to the forum, “Emergent Critical Analytics for Alternative Humanities,” edited by Chris A. Eng and Amy K. King. Kyla Wazana Tompkins questions the structures informing claims of newness posed by discussions of “New Materialism.” She discusses the troubling ways in which these discourses, in turning toward the post- or non-human, can ironically reinforce assumptions about a universal human subject and elide considerations of gender, race, and power.https://doi.org/10.25158/L5.1.8humanitiesnew materialism
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description A response to the forum, “Emergent Critical Analytics for Alternative Humanities,” edited by Chris A. Eng and Amy K. King. Kyla Wazana Tompkins questions the structures informing claims of newness posed by discussions of “New Materialism.” She discusses the troubling ways in which these discourses, in turning toward the post- or non-human, can ironically reinforce assumptions about a universal human subject and elide considerations of gender, race, and power.
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new materialism
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