#microbial state

[irwonder]

If humans continue to see themselves at 'war' with these bacteria, humans will ultimately 'lose' the war.

Stefanie R. Fishel, The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic

[irwonder]

The Microbial State challenges the reader to think of politics as immanent to the biospheric rather than the anthropic: we humans live in many overlapping worlds and experience many globalizations depending on where we find ourselves geographically. These politics are involute, composite, often discordant, but entangled within and supported by the biosphere we share; a biosphere that is quickly becoming unable to support much of the life we see on it today. We will have to open our hearts to matters of concern that are multidisciplinary, multiracial, and multigendered. We must be sensitive to oppression and the needs of the most vulnerable, to be open to viewpoints from multiple origins, and to think creatively across species lines. The future demands poets and visionaries.

Stefanie R. Fishel, The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic