Dominic Pettman

Dominic Pettman is chair of the culture and media program at Eugene Lang College, and professor of liberal studies at the New School for Social Research. His books include Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines (2011) and Look at the Bunny: Totem, Taboo, Technology (2013).

The Tumblrst Tumbl Ever Tumbld: or, How I Found the Angel of History Trapped on the Flypaper of Social Media

A mild discussion of Tumblr-porn, its many incarnations, and the one image that captures modern technological life....

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The Noble Cabbage: Michael Marder’s “Plant-Thinking”

In Plant-Thinking, Michael Marder wants to forge a philosophical encounter with vegetal life, all the while respecting the alien ontology of floral ways of being. Contributor tagline: Dominic Pettman is Chair of the Culture and Media program at Eugene Lang College, and Professor of Liberal Studies at the New School for Social Research....

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PHILOSOPHY & CRITICAL THEORY