{"product_id":"9781538169773","title":"The Animate World : Posthuman Ontologies by Sean Watson","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 02\/04\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Animate World: Posthuman Ontologies argues for the  necessity of a post-humanism grounded in a vital ontology, in contrast  to the nihilist ontological positions and assumptions of a range of  existing post and anti-humanisms. Still, the book affirms  both the normative imperative and technological tendency that humanism  is unsustainable and that technological developments are cumulatively  pointing towards a surpassing of the human, conceptually and physically.  Based in process philosophy, the post-human ontology is offered as an  alternative philosophical grounding for post-humanism for an ethics and  politics of ecological flourishing rather than exploitation of nature.  Sean Watson critiques the existing nihilist ontological approaches to  the post-human, which he argues are complicit with neoliberal, digital  capitalism and its ideological justifications. In doing so, he conceives  of an ontology of generative ethics and politics, capable of addressing  the overwhelming accumulation of crises that Bernard Stiegler  identified as the destruction of the future. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369022697845,"sku":"9781538169773","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781538169773.jpg?v=1763551767","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781538169773","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}