BIBFRAME Work

Title

Toward a premodern posthumanism

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Córdova, Chad (aut)

Subject

• Aesthetics (LCSH)
• Ontology (LCSH)
• France--Civilization--1789-1830 (LCSH)
• France--Civilization--1328-1600 (LCSH)
• Posthumanism (LCSH)
• Philosophy, Modern (LCSH)
• Ecocriticism (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: B821 .C68 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 190 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"Toward a Premodern Posthumanism: Anarchic Ontologies of Earthly Life in Modern France rethinks the being of nature, art, and politics via new readings of early modern aesthetic and scientific practices alongside classical and contemporary philosophers"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Preface: Aesthetics and Ecological Ethics -- Introduction: Toward a Posthumanist Aesthetics -- Drawing Beyond Disegno: Of Montaigne and Leonardo -- Anarchic Phusis: The Spontaneous Generation of Political Bodies -- Grace and Beauty: The Mystical-Erotic Genesis of Aesthetics -- The Natural-Historical Sublime: Diderot and the Ends of Landscape -- Being Per Accidens: Rousseau, Before-Beyond "Human Ends" -- Coda: Mycorrhizal-Thinking: Post-Metaphysics and the Lessons of Vegetal Beings

Authorized Access Point

Córdova, Chad. Toward a premodern posthumanism

Geographic Coverage

• France

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:58.982729+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23948666

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc