Here are the links thus far (please disseminate across other blogs):
- Vibrant Matter: The Overview.
- An Interview with Jane Bennett (the author of Vibrant Matter).
- Preface.
- Chapter 1, Section I.
- Chapter 1, Sections II-V.
- Chapter 1, Section VI.
The schedule:
May 23-29
Host blog: Philosophy in a Time of Error (Peter Gratton)
Under discussion: Preface & Chapter 1, “The Force of Things” (and overview/interview).
May 30-June 5
Host blog: Critical Animal (James Stanescu)
Under discussion: Chapters 2 and 3, “The Agency of Assemblages” and “Edible Matter.”
June 6-12
Host blog: Naught Thought (Ben Woodard)
Under discussion: Chapters 4 and 5, “A Life of Matter” and “Neither Vitalism nor Mechanism.”
June 13-19
Host blog: An und für sich (Anthony Paul Smith)
Under discussion: Chapters 6 and 7, “Stem Cells and the Culture of Life” and “Political Ecologies”
June 20-26
Host blog: Immanence (Adrian Ivakhiv)
Under discussion: Chapter 8, “Vitality and Self-interest,” and the book as a whole (final overview).
Thanks so much for doing this! As a note, your forgot to add a link to your thoughts on the preface.
By: Scu on May 26, 2010
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Good point… will do that now…
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