The outbreak of Coronavirus is a good opportunity to think about how we treat guests whose novel appearance amidst us may pose hardship, but whose continuing presence is undeniable.
Posts Tagged ‘Timothy Morton’
How to welcome a guest
Posted in Manifestos & auguries, tagged Alfred North Whitehead, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EcoHealth Alliance, Edward Gorey, global ecology, hyper-events, hyperobjects, One Health Initiative, pandemics, Timothy Morton, virology, viruses on March 15, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Mortonian prophecies
Posted in Philosophy, tagged Anthropocene, cultural theory, ecocriticism, Guardian, Morton, OOO, Timothy Morton on June 16, 2017 | 2 Comments »
When one of our cadre of eco-cultural theorists gets noticed — more so, fêted — by one of the leading newspapers in the world, we need to take note and celebrate with him. In this case, it’s Timothy Morton getting called “the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene” by The Guardian, in a profile titled “A reckoning […]