Posthumanist Cultural Studies

The book "Posthumanist Cultural Studies" by Florian Cord offers an in-depth analysis of cultural studies in the context of current global challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, and worldwide pandemics. Cord advocates for a discipline that is less anthropocentric and engages more with the non-human, including animals, plants, ecosystems, and technologies. Through a diffractive reading, he connects cultural studies with newer approaches such as actor-network theory, new materialism, and object-oriented ontology. This innovative perspective aims to transform cultural studies and make a significant contribution to the current struggles for more just and livable futures. The book is a call for a new understanding of the discipline that meets the challenges of the Capitalocene.