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Facing the Planetary
Entangled Humanism and the Politics of Swarming
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2017
About this book
William E. Connolly expands his influential work on democratic pluralism to confront the perils of climate change by calling on us to deepen our attachment to the planet and to create a worldwide coalition of people from all demographics to contest the forces that prevent us from addressing climate change.
Author / Editor information
William E. Connolly is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches political theory. He is a former editor of Political Theory and one of the cofounders of Theory & Event. His recent books include The Fragility of Things; A World of Becoming; Capitalism and Christianity, American Style; and Pluralism, all also published by Duke University Press.
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"... theorists will find plenty to unpack here. Recommended. Graduate students through faculty."
-- R. J. Meagher Choice
"Connolly’s analysis of planetary calamities and proposal for a politics of swarming merit attention. The book effectively integrates a variety of sources, including from political theory, social theory, philosophy, theology, economics, geology, biology and paleontology, and covers a wide range of topics, reinvigorating discussion regarding not only the current ecological problems, but also what can be done given the prospect of a seemingly apocalyptic future."
-- Nikhilendu Deb LSE Review of Books
"Facing the Planetary is a timely book. It underscores what is daily becoming ever more obvious."
-- David W. Orr Perspectives on Politics
"William Connolly aspires to make us see our fragile and beautiful planet from the temporal distance the Anthropocene imposes. He does so by plunging, with intellectual courage, theoretical sophistication, and deeply felt appreciation for the human and nonhuman forces that tie human destines to what he calls 'the planetary.'"
-- Nidesh Lawtoo Postmodern Culture
"Bill Connolly’s Facing the Planetary buzzes with a swarm of innovative concepts, testing both the limits and the creative powers of contemporary political theory to address the fragility of the human condition in the Anthropocene."
-- Anatoli Ignatov Contemporary Political Theory
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CONTENTS
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Prelude: Myth and the Planetary
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1. Sociocentrism, the Anthropocene, and the Planetary
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2. Species Evolution and Cultural Creativity
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3. Creativity and the Scars of Being
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4. Distributed Agencies and Bumpy Temporalities
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5. The Politics of Swarming and the General Strike
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6. Postcolonial Ecologies, Extinction Events, and Entangled Humanism
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Postlude: Capitalism and the Planetary
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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February 2, 2017
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9780822373254
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