The Eight Technologies of Otherness

About this book

The Eight Technologies of Otherness is a bold and provocative re-thinking of identities politics philosophy ethics and cultural practices. In this groundbreaking text old essentialism and binary divides collapse under the weight of a new and impatient necessity. Consider Sue Goldings eight technologies: curiosity noise cruelty appetite skin nomadism contamination and dwelling. But why only eight technologies? And why these eight in particular? Included are thirty-three artists philosophers filmmakers writers photographers political militants and pulp-theory practitioners whose work (or life) has contributed to the re-thinking of otherness to which this book bears witness throw out a few clues.