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Recent forms of realism in continental philosophy that are habitually subsumed under the category of "speculative realism," a denomination referring to rather heterogeneous strands of philosophy, bringing together object-oriented ontology (OOO), non-standard philosophy (or non-philosophy), the speculative realist ideas of Quentin Meillassoux and Marxism, have provided grounds for the much needed critique of culturalism in gender theory, and the authority with which post-structuralism has dominated feminist theory for decades. This publication aims to bring forth some of the feminist debates prompted by the so-called "speculative turn," while demonstrating that there has never been a niche of "speculative realist feminism." Whereas most of the contributions featured in this collection provide a theoretical approach invoking the necessity of foregrounding new forms of realism for a "feminism beyond gender as culture," some of the essays tackle OOO only to invite a feminist critical challenge to its paradigm, while others refer to some extent to non-philosophy or the new materialisms but are not reducible to either of the two. We have invited essays from intellectual milieus outside the Anglo-Saxon academic center, bringing together authors from Serbia, Slovenia, France, Ireland, the UK, and Canada, aiming to promote feminist internationalism (rather than a "generous act of cultural inclusion").

Feminism. --- Feminist theory. --- speculative realism --- object studies --- feminism --- new realisms --- new materialisms

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The interrelations between objects and organisms take many forms, from the microbes known to inhabit medieval manuscripts to the biomorphic forms observable in Art Nouveau lamps, and from the androids cast in American superhero comics to the coral found on Chinese porcelain recovered from shipwrecks. The contributions to this volume investigate various interactions between inanimate and animate matter in art, literature, technology, and other areas of human perception and expression. The book highlights how certain characteristics allow objects to be understood as living organisms, and vice versa. Via a range of dynamics involving vivification and reification, objects and organisms emerge as unstable, transforming within evolving situations. Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Objekten und Organismen werden auf verschiedene Weise sichtbar, z.B. als Mikroben, die mittelalterliche Handschriften bevölkern, als biomorphe Formen auf Jugendstillampen, als Androiden in Superhelden-Comics, oder als Korallen, die sich auf chinesischem, aus Schiffswracks geborgenem Porzellan angesiedelt haben. Die Beiträge untersuchen die Wechselwirkungen zwischen unbelebter und belebter Materie in Kunst, Literatur, Technik und anderen Bereichen menschlicher Wahrnehmung und menschlichen Ausdrucks. Gezeigt wird, wie Organismen durch gezielte Strategien ein Objektstatus zugeschrieben wird und wie Objekte aufgrund bestimmter Eigenschaften als lebendig erscheinen. Die vermehrte Kritik an Anthropozentrismus und Animismus fordert dazu auf, diesen Austauschprozessen genauer nachzugehen.

ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945). --- 18th century. --- 19th century. --- 21st century. --- Early Modern period. --- Literary Studies. --- Object Studies. --- animate matter. --- animism. --- anthropocentrism. --- art theory. --- art. --- collection. --- inanimate matter. --- museum. --- reification. --- vivification.