The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts

The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts brings into focus the diverse influence of the work of Rosi Braidotti on academic fields in the humanities and the social sciences such as the study and scholarship in - among others - feminist theory, political theory, continental philosophy, philosophy of science and technology, cultural studies, ethnicity and race studies. Inspired by Braidotti's philosophy of nomadic relations of embodied thought, the volume is a mapping exercise of productive engagements and instructive interactions by a variety of international, outstanding and world-renowned scholars with texts and concepts developed by Braidotti throughout her immense body of work. In Braidotti's work, traversing themes of engagements emerge of politics and philosophy across generations and continents. Therefore, the edited volume invites prominent scholars at different stages of their careers and from around the world to engage with Braidotti's work in terms of concepts and/or political practice.

Table of Contents:
Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Prelude Introduction Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Bolette Blaagaard (Aalborg University, Denmark) Part I: The Concept of the Posthuman 1. Reflections on Ethics, Destructiveness, and Life: Rosi Braidotti and the Posthuman Judith Butler (University of California, Berkeley, USA) 2. Killing in a Posthuman World: The Philosophy and Practice of Critical Military History Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck College, UK) 3. The Future of Scenarios: State Science Fiction Peter Galison (Harvard University, USA) 4. Living in Molecular Times Henrietta Moore (Jesus College, Cambridge University, UK) 5. Imagining Posthumanities, Enlivening Feminisms Cecilia Åsberg (Linkoping University, Sweden) 6. Transplanting Life: Bios and Zoë in Images with Imagination Patricia Pisters (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) italics 7. Disaster Feminism Claire Colebrook (Penn State University, USA) 8. Pro-Proteus: The Transpositional Teratology of Rosi Braidotti Patricia MacCormack (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) 9. Reading Rosi Braidotti: Returning to Transpositions Clare Hemmings (London School of Economics, UK) italics Interlude 10. Patterns of (Dis)appearance Natascha Unkart (independent photographer, Vienna) 11. Encountering the Nomadic Subject with a Smile Piet van de Kar (independent sculptor, Amsterdam) Part II: The Politics of the Academic 12. On Generation(s) Luisa Passerini (European University Institute in Florence, Italy and Columbia University, NY, USA) 13. Rosi Braidotti and the Affirmation of European Women’s Studies: Points of No Return Aino-Maija Hiltunen (Hilma—Network for Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland), Annamaria Tagliavini (Director of Biblioteca Italiana delle Donne, IT) and Berteke Waaldijk (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) 14. For a Babyboomer Philosopher Nadia Setti (University of Paris 8, France) 15. The Subject in Question Martine Menès (L’Ecole de Psychanalyse des Forums du Champ lacanien and Collège de clinique psychanalytique, Paris, France) 16. Between Two Worlds: Nomadism and the Passion of an Encounter Maria Serena Sapegno (Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy) 17. Transposing NOISE and Voice Rosemarie Buikema (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Nina Lykke (Linköping University, Sweden) 18. Nomadic Encounters: Turning Difference Toward Dialogue Kelsey Henry (Wesleyan University, USA), Iveta Jusová(Antioch University, USA) and Joy Westerman (Knox College, USA) 19. On Farming the Liberal Arts Catharine R. Stimpson (NYU, USA) 20.… R.B. to Life Chrysanthi Nigianni (University of East London, UK) 21. Nomadic Subjects and the Feminist Archives Lisa Baraitser(Birkbeck, University of London, UK) Part III: The Ethics of the Nomad 22. Nomadic Subjects and Asylum Seekers Genevieve Lloyd (University of New South Wales, Australia) 23. Translating Selves: On Polyglot Cosmopolitanism Sandra Ponzanesi (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) 24. Nomadic Theory as an Epistemology for Transnational Feminist History Chiara Bonfiglioli (University of Edinburgh, UK) 25. The Struggle for Europe Rutvica Andrijasevic (Leicester University, UK) 26. Law’s Nomadic Subjects: Towards a Micropolitics of Post-Human Rights Patrick Hanafin (Birkbeck College, UK) 27. Collaboration* Gregg Lambert (Syracuse University, USA) Postlude 28. The Untimely Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) Rosi Braidotti Bibliography 1980-2013 Index