New materialism /
New materialism is a term ascribed to a range of contemporary perspectives in the arts, humanities, and social sciences that have in common a theoretical and practical "turn to matter." This turn emphasizes the materiality of the world and everythingsocial and naturalwithin it, and differe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Philosophical principles.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | New materialism is a term ascribed to a range of contemporary perspectives in the arts, humanities, and social sciences that have in common a theoretical and practical "turn to matter." This turn emphasizes the materiality of the world and everythingsocial and naturalwithin it, and differentiates new materialisms from a poststructuralist focus upon texts, "systems of thought" and "discourses," focusing upon social production rather than social construction (Deleuze & Guattari, 1984, p. 4). The materialities considered in new materialist approaches include human bodies; other animate organisms; material things; spaces, places, and the natural and built environment that these contain; and material forces including gravity and time. Also included may be abstract concepts, human constructs, and human epiphenomena such as imagination, memory, and thoughts; though not themselves ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745689 1529745683 9781526421036 1526421038 |