I am writing to announce the recent publication of my new book, Science Fiction and the Modern World: The Emergence of a Genre in a Revolutionary Age (Liverpool University Press, 2026). This book considers the emergence of science fiction in the nineteenth century, but, rather than adding yet another genre history to a field that abounds with Continue Reading »
The Ecstasy of Reproduction Postmodernity and Its Contemporaneity Alberto Castelli Argues that we are still firmly within postmodernity, not beyond it, and that contemporary culture is defined less by creation than by reproduction—an age where originality has vanished, history is dissolving, and hyperreality feels more real than reality itself The Ecstasy of Reproduction strives to address Continue Reading »
The Organism Is a Theory is an intriguing synthesis of decades of interdisciplinary research by eminent mathematician and biological scientist Giuseppe Longo. A unique collaboration between Longo and philosopher of technology Adam Nocek, the volume confronts foundational issues in the history of mathematics, computer science, physics, and theoretical biology. Challenging conventional approaches that apply computational and Continue Reading »
Imagination, Annotated, a book series published by the MIT Press and edited by a team from Arizona State University, is seeking proposals for new volumes. The series features speculative fiction texts from the 19th and 20th centuries that envision possible futures, each annotated by a diverse group of experts, scholars, and practitioners. It aims to Continue Reading »
Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen Editors: Neda Atanasoski, Nassim Parvin Contributors: K. E. Bennett, Iván Chaar López, Sushmita Chatterjee, Hayri Dortdivanlioglu, Jacob Hagelberg, Sanaz Haghani, Jennifer A. Hamilton, Antonia Hernández, Marjan Khatibi, Tamara Kneese, Erin McElroy, Vernelle Noel, Jessica Olivares, Beth Semel, Renee Shelby, Tanja Wiehn SubjectsScience and Technology Studies > Feminist Science Studies, Cultural Studies > Surveillance Studies, Critical Ethnic Studies New and emerging technologies, especially ones that infiltrate intimate spaces, relations, homes, and bodies, Continue Reading »
Our Radioactive Neighbors Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices How might living next door to nuclear waste shape a community’s future? The United States and other countries around the world are seeking long-term solutions for the spent fuel produced by nuclear power plants. In the process, neighboring communities are being asked to consider Continue Reading »
Rhetorical Ecologies Editors: Sidney I. Dobrin and Madison Jones Format: EPUB+ZIP Publication Date: September 2024 Rhetorical Ecologies invites you on a transformative journey through the history of writing and rhetoric studies’ adoption of ecology, situating this history in rich discussions about: Rather than attempting to outline a complete map of rhetorical ecologies as a unified concept, this book and its contributors Continue Reading »
Inventing Ecosystems The Rhetoric of Science in an Ecological Age Madison P. Jones Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication (PSMEC) About this book This open access book examines the origins of the “ecosystem” concept through the perspective of the rhetoric of science and technology. Studying the pioneering work of ecosystems ecologists Eugene and Howard T. Odum, Continue Reading »
The Fifth Plague Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities By Lucinda Cole This book examines murrain, or mass mortalities of cattle, in ways that bridge the gap between animal studies and the health humanities. Beginning with early modern European disease ecologies but informed by contemporary epidemiological and ecological concerns, The Fifth Plague offers a new historical approach to literary Continue Reading »
Climate Imagination Dispatches from Hopeful Futures Edited by Joey Eschrich and Ed Finn A clarion call for visions of vibrant, hopeful climate futures, bringing together global voices to share stories of resilient communities based in real science. When we think of climate, the stories we tell about the future are often catastrophic: megastorms, crop failures, and heat waves Continue Reading »
