Machine and Sovereignty For a Planetary Thinking

"Machine and Sovereignty is a profound, groundbreaking, and timely call for a refoundation of political order and governance in light of current technological and ecological challenges at the planetary scale. Reinterpreting classical concepts of sovereignty and the state, Yuk Hui's advocacy for an epistemological diplomacy incorporating technodiversity, noodiversity, and biodiversity inaugurates a new language of planetary coexistence beyond the nation-state and Anthropocene. This book is destined to become a seminal text in political philosophy and technology studies. It is not only an intellectual tour de force but also a crucial guide for navigating the complexities of the twenty-first century." -Antoinette Rouvroy, University of Namur

"Machine and Sovereignty responds to the growing call for a new planetary thinking in contemporary political culture and across the sciences and humanities. By replacing earlier theologico- and logico- settings of philosophy and the political with the technological, Yuk Hui both builds on his earlier work on techno-logic and expands it into a thinking of the planetary techno-political. This book is an important contribution to contemporary understanding of the political implications of thinking and acting in an increasingly digitalized planet." -Howard Caygill, author of Force and Understanding: Writings on Philosophy and Resistance