Jane Bennett
In Vibrant Matter, Jane Bennett argues for a model of the world that decenters humans by acknowledging the “thing-power” of objects. Her oft-cited work makes the case for the agency of objects, and while her claims to vital materialism are oppose the more chaotic materialism of Lucretius, she does position herself in a tradition that draws from Democritus and Epicurus.
Bennett acknowledges the danger of anthropomorphizing objects, and yet suggests that the only way to get outside of our own anthropocentrism is by imbuing objects with the same kind of (if not degree) agency that humans have.
Bennett acknowledges the danger of anthropomorphizing objects, and yet suggests that the only way to get outside of our own anthropocentrism is by imbuing objects with the same kind of (if not degree) agency that humans have.
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