tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post6434812043469790385..comments2024-03-28T09:51:55.365-06:00Comments on ECOLOGY WITHOUT NATURE: Show Us Your Papers! (PDF)Timothy Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067377804366363020noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-5730166643156492062015-04-26T09:21:46.563-05:002015-04-26T09:21:46.563-05:00I'd guess he's referring to the Alex Gallo...I'd guess he's referring to the Alex Galloway essay that appeared there a year or so back.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271385296349839981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-45022850806136550642015-04-23T19:48:06.437-05:002015-04-23T19:48:06.437-05:00Dr. Morton, which essay from Critical Inquiry were...Dr. Morton, which essay from Critical Inquiry were you referencing specifically at the start of this talk? As someone that fits your category of a deconstructionist that is also faithful to ecology, I was quite curious.Dr. KAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435547583600222563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-34137579689111451692015-04-21T08:50:48.643-05:002015-04-21T08:50:48.643-05:00I liked reading your words about altruism and the ...I liked reading your words about altruism and the car, which you formulated whilst driving with me in Winnipeg:). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-79140927562126160262015-04-20T13:35:38.614-05:002015-04-20T13:35:38.614-05:00Wish I'd been able to make the trip across the...Wish I'd been able to make the trip across the Bay to hear the talk. The question I was going to ask had to do with Harman's recent book on Latour. In the book, there's a lot of talk about Hobbes, Rousseau and the social contract.There are two aspects of this that are interesting.<br /><br />1. The idea that the social contract is not only between humans. This is similar to the critique of correlationism.<br /><br />2. The contrasting ideas of what exists before the contract. A war of all against all, or a peaceful state of nature. These ideas seem to also have purchase when discussing accerlationism, and what might obtain after the contract -- humans, as the main signatories, would no longer be a party to the deal.<br /><br />So, one can imagine a social contract (one among many) of limited duration between a human, some polar bears, this cat and those trees as an ethical and political project.<br /><br />But there's also the sense in Harman's book that there is no before and after social contracts. Once you get used to the idea that there's not a single contract and that any object can (and is) a signatory, the visions of pre-contract nature evaporate.<br /><br />And certainly a contract could be thought of as a set of rules for playing this particular game until we're done playing. <br /><br />cgerrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564937504464647689noreply@blogger.com