Organism-Oriented Ontology / / Audronė Žukauskaitė.

• VerfasserIn: Žukauskaitė, Audronė,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; 2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)

Reconsiders the notion of organism as central to contemporary philosophyExtends and develops the thinking of the organic in terms of organism-oriented ontologyDiscusses the notion of organism in terms of an autopoietic system and examines the tension between its closure and openness, teleology and contingencyAssesses interactions between different species and also between living and non-living systemsArgues that specific biological features, such as self-organization, potentiality, and plasticity, might be seen as a form of resistance to biopolitical powerDiscussing different aspects of the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon, Raymond Ruyer, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, and including some contemporary thinkers, such as Catherine Malabou, Bernard Stiegler, Bruno Latour, and Donna J. Haraway, Audronė Žukauskaitė argues that all these threads can be seen as precursors to organism-oriented ontology.Rather than concentrating on individuals and identities, contemporary philosophy is increasingly interested in processes, multiplicities and potential for change, that is, in those features that define living beings. Žukauskaitė argues that the capacity of living beings for self-organisation, creativity and contingency can act as an antidote to biopolitical power and control in the times of the Anthropocene.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Towards an Organism-Oriented Ontology -- 1 Gilbert Simondon: From Ontology to Ontogenesis -- 2 Raymond Ruyer: Organic Consciousness -- 3 Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's Philosophy of Life -- 4 Catherine Malabou: Plasticity of Reason -- 5 General Organology: Between Organism and Machine -- 6 Planetary Organism -- 7 Hybrid Organism -- Conclusion: Organism-Oriented Ontology -- Bibliography -- Index