A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans

What is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed Object-Oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminently political. In our relationship with non-humans, we decided the fate of our humanity. Becoming human, claims Morton, actually means creating a network of kindness and solidarity with non-human beings, in the name of a broader understanding of reality that both includes and overcomes the notion of species. Negotiating the politics of humanity is the first and crucial step to reclaim the upper scales of ecological coexistence, and not to let Monsanto and cryogenically suspended billionaires define them and own them.

"Considered by many to be among the top philosophers in the world, especially among those tackling issues related to human effects on our environment, Morton herein provides an important, spirited, and sometimes frenetic analysis of the foundational assumptions of Marxism and other -isms with regard to nature and culture." - The Millions

"A very good introduction to what Theory (capital T) might have to say about climate change and species die-off." - Los Angeles Review of Books

"Timothy Morton is the Montaigne of the Anthropocene." - The Guardian

"Morton's terminology is slowly infecting all the humanities" - The Guardian

"Drawing from the Buddhist understandings of emptiness and form, Morton develops a version of 'object oriented ontology' that seeks connection and particularity without essences, fully formed identities, or wholes." - Religious Studies Review