Meeting The Universe Halfway by Karen Barad
Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning
This work develops a theory of agential realism in which phenomena—rather than independently existing objects—emerge through material-discursive apparatuses that do not merely represent but actively enact the world; it replaces classical interaction with the notion of intra-action to show that boundaries, properties, and subjects are co-constituted rather than preexisting. Drawing on quantum physics (particularly Bohr), feminist theory, and science studies, it argues for a nonrepresentational, relational ontology and a diffraction-based methodology that attends to differences produced by specific practices. The book reframes knowledge as entangled with materiality and ethics, insisting that scientific and cultural practices carry political responsibilities because they materially reconfigure the world they seek to describe.
- Published
- 2007
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- American
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- English
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