Plastic Materialities: Politics, Legality, And Metamorphosis In The Work Of Cath [Paperback]

Catherine Malabou's concept of plasticity has influenced and inspired scholars from across disciplines. The contributors toPlastic Materialities—whose fields include political philosophy, critical legal studies, social theory, literature, and philosophy—use Malabou's innovative combination of post-structuralism and neuroscience to evaluate the political implications of her work. They address, among other things, subjectivity, science, war, the malleability of sexuality, neoliberalism and economic theory, indigenous and racial politics, and the relationship between the human and non-human.Plastic Materialitiesalso includes three essays by Malabou and an interview with her, all of which bring her work into conversation with issues of sovereignty, justice, and social order for the first time.

Contributors. Brenna Bhandar, Silvana Carotenuto, Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller, Jairus Victor Grove, Catherine Kellogg, Catherine Malabou, Renisa Mawani, Fred Moten, Alain Pottage, Michael J. Shapiro, Alberto Toscano

The contributors toPlastic Materialitiesexplore the ways in which Catherine Malabou's new materialism and concept of plasticity can provide new insights into issues of race, colonialism, subjectivity, science, social order, sovereignty and justice. This collection also includes three new essays by Malabou and an interview.

Brenna Bhandar is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, SOAS, at the University of London.

Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i. He is the author ofThe Limits to Union: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights.

"Plastic Materialitiesis an important collection, both substantial and engaging. Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller give the work of Catherine Malabou the careful consideration it deserves."
 

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