The subject of objects: Marx, new materialism, & queer forms of life

• Published in: Journal for cultural research Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 167 - 179
• Main Author: Cole, Alyson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Ltd 03.04.2018
• Subjects: Capitalism; Commodities; Fetishism; Marxism; Materialism

This article examines two interrelated themes in the scholarship categorized as 'new materialism': first, the aim to undermine the subject/object distinction; second, the proposition that agency exists across the material world. While new materialists, such as Jane Bennett, conceive of the...