Posthuman Animality: Situating Theories of Companion Species and Becoming-with in Netflix’s Love, Death and Robots, Volume IV
Posthuman Animality: Situating Theories of Companion Species and Becoming-with in Netflix’s Love, Death and Robots, Volume IV
Author(s): Jaya SarkarSubject(s): Media studies, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Aesthetics, Contemporary Philosophy, Environmental interactions, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Spoločnosť pre estetiku na Slovensku a Inštitút estetiky a umeleckej kultúry Filozofickej fakulty Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: Posthuman Aesthetics; Animality; Companion Species; Solidarity; Community; Ethical Sensibility
Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the fourth volume of Love, Death and Robots (2025) to explore how animality can be explored through posthuman aesthetics. Animals have always been historical beings, and their histories are inextricably tied to human activities. By not privileging humans over non-human animals, we can aim for a networked environment with companion species devoid of any binaries. By engaging with Donna Haraway’s theories of companion species, Deleuze and Guattari’s theories of becoming animals, Mitchell and Krause’s concepts of animal consciousness and Skonieczny’s concept of the animal turn, this paper focuses on the connections between different aesthetics, ethics, and politics of different animals. This article thus demonstrates that posthuman aesthetics represented through the animals in Love, Death and Robots challenges traditional humanist aesthetics and evokes an alliance of different realms and ecologies.
Journal: ESPES
- Issue Year: 14/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 52-67
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
