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“Paradoxically, capital has unleashed myriad objects upon us, in their manifold horror and sparkling splendor. Two hundred years of idealism, two hundred years of seeing humans at the center of existence, and now the objects take revenge, terrifyingly huge, ancient, long-lived, threateningly minute, invading every cell in our body.”

Quote by Timothy Morton

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Timothy Morton is a prominent scholar in the fields of contemporary cultural theory, ecological criticism, and literary criticism. His research spans a wide range of areas including animal rights, ecological philosophy, internet culture, and posthumanism. more

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