About this episode
Christine Daigle discusses posthumanist philosophy and material feminism, exploring themes from her book 'Posthumanist Vulnerability'.
In this episode Christine Daigle, a leading figure in posthumanist philosophy and material feminism, begins by defining those terms before unpacking some of the ideas in her recent book 'Posthumanist Vulnerability: An affirmative ethics'. The humanist and Christian traditions both privilege the human, particularly the male human, in the sense of having 'dominion' over the rest of nature and, too often, women. Posthumanism breaks away from this and material feminism is concerned with the physical and material/economic constraints on women (really oversimplifying - listen to Christine's version). We move on to discuss the unusual structure of the book which, in addition to philosophy includes nine 'meanderings', more personal glimpses of her life, interactions with nature and trauma. Christine talks about her word 'transjective' used to highlight the permeability of the supposedly objective and subjective views and the origin of the term 'vulnerability' (the Latin word for wound). After brief diversion into Deleuze and Guattari, and 'joyful affirmation' we conclude with a reading of from the closing chapter of "Posthuman Vulnerability'. In short, a complex subject made digestible…
People in this episode
Host: Ken Barrett
Guest: Christine Daigle
Topics covered
- posthumanism
- material feminism
- vulnerability
- philosophy
- ethics
- nature
- trauma
Keywords
- posthumanism
- material feminism
- vulnerability
- ethics
- philosophy
- nature
- trauma
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Brock University
Books & works: Posthumanist Vulnerability: An affirmative ethics, Posthuman Vulnerability
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