Jeffrey Jerome Cohen Livres

Exploring the motivations of migrants in countries around the world, this book proposes a new model of immigration that accounts for the cultural beliefs and social patterns that influence people to move-or to remain at home.

A psychoanalytic look at the representation of monsters, giants and masculinity in medieval texts. The phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying appear in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon to late Middle English period, including Beowulf, The Knight and the Lion, History of the Kings of Britain and several of Chaucer's books.

In Medieval Identity Machines, Jeffrey J. Cohen examines the messiness, permeability, and perversity of medieval bodies, arguing that human identity always exceeds the limits of the flesh. Combining critical theory with a rigorous reading of medieval texts, Cohen asks if the category "human" isn't too small to contain the multiplicity of identities. As such, this book is the first to argue for a "posthuman" Middle Ages and to make extensive use of the philosophical writings of Gilles Deleuze to rethink the medieval. Among the topics that Cohen covers are the passionate bond between men and horses in chivalric training; the interrelation of demons, celibacy, and colonialism in an Anglo-Saxon saint's life; Lancelot's masochism as envisioned by Chretien de Troyes; the voice of thunder echoing from Margery Kempe; and the fantasies that sustained some dominant conceptions of race. This tour of identity--in all its fragility and diffusion--illustrates the centrality of the Middle Ages to theory as it enhances our understanding of self, embodiment, and temporality in the medieval world.

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen reminds us in Stone,that what is often assumed to be the most lifeless of substances is, in its owntime, restless and forever in motion. Cohen seamlessly brings together a widerange of topics and invites us to apprehend the world both in geological timeand in other than human terms.

Prologue: Genesis Orbit Ground (Why Earth?) Scale (Barriers to Understanding) Radiance (Earth's beauty) Gravity (Earth's Pull) Interlude: A Hike Around Piestewa Peak Imagination List of Illustrations Notes Index

Exploring the intersection of environmental studies and object-oriented theory, this collection delves into the relationships between human and nonhuman entities, challenging anthropocentrism. Through diverse essays, reflections, and creative pieces, contributors engage with the autonomy of objects and their ethical implications in a material world. The book captures the essence of a collaborative seminar, inviting readers to reflect on their surroundings and the meanings derived from their interactions with the myriad objects in their lives.

Driven by a powerful narrative of his own first year of fieldwork, an experienced anthropologist provides real-world lessons on how to adapt anthropological theory and method to the field.