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Following Francois Laruelle's nonstandard philosophy and the work
of Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Luce Irigaray, and Rosi
Braidotti, Katerina Kolozova reclaims the relevance of categories
traditionally rendered "unthinkable" by postmodern feminist
philosophies, such as "the real," "the one," "the limit," and
"finality," thus critically repositioning poststructuralist
feminist philosophy and gender/queer studies. Poststructuralist
(feminist) theory sees the subject as a purely linguistic category,
as always already multiple, as always already nonfixed and
fluctuating, as limitless discursivity, and as constitutively
detached from the instance of the real. This reconceptualization is
based on the exclusion of and dichotomous opposition to notions of
the real, the one (unity and continuity), and the stable. The
non-philosophical reading of postructuralist philosophy engenders
new forms of universalisms for global debate and action, expressed
in a language the world can understand. It also liberates theory
from ideological paralysis, recasting the real as an immediately
experienced human condition determined by gender, race, and social
and economic circumstance.
Building on discussions originating in post-humanism, the
non-philosophy of Francois Laruelle, and the science of "species
being of humanity" stemming from Marx's critique of philosophy,
Katerina Kolozova proposes a radical consideration of capitalism's
economic exploitation of life. This book uses Francois Laruelle's
work to think through questions of "practical ethics" and bring the
abstract tools of Laruelle's non-philosophy into conversation with
other critical methods in the humanities. Kolozova centres the
question of the animal at the very heart of what it means for us as
human beings to think and act in the world, and the mistreatment of
animality that underpins the logic of capitalism.
Following Francois Laruelle's nonstandard philosophy and the work
of Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Luce Irigaray, and Rosi
Braidotti, Katerina Kolozova reclaims the relevance of categories
traditionally rendered "unthinkable" by postmodern feminist
philosophies, such as "the real," "the one," "the limit," and
"finality," thus critically repositioning poststructuralist
feminist philosophy and gender/queer studies. Poststructuralist
(feminist) theory sees the subject as a purely linguistic category,
as always already multiple, as always already nonfixed and
fluctuating, as limitless discursivity, and as constitutively
detached from the instance of the real. This reconceptualization is
based on the exclusion of and dichotomous opposition to notions of
the real, the one (unity and continuity), and the stable. The
non-philosophical reading of postructuralist philosophy engenders
new forms of universalisms for global debate and action, expressed
in a language the world can understand. It also liberates theory
from ideological paralysis, recasting the real as an immediately
experienced human condition determined by gender, race, and social
and economic circumstance.
Building on discussions originating in post-humanism, the
non-philosophy of Francois Laruelle, and the science of "species
being of humanity" stemming from Marx's critique of philosophy,
Katerina Kolozova proposes a radical consideration of capitalism's
economic exploitation of life. This book uses Francois Laruelle's
work to think through questions of "practical ethics" and bring the
abstract tools of Laruelle's non-philosophy into conversation with
other critical methods in the humanities. Kolozova centres the
question of the animal at the very heart of what it means for us as
human beings to think and act in the world, and the mistreatment of
animality that underpins the logic of capitalism.
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