Brenna Bhandar is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, SOAS, at the University of London.Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i. He is the author of The Limits to Union: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights.

• Acknowledgments  viiIntroduction. Staging Encounters / Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller 11. Will Sovereignty Ever Be Deconstructed? / Catherine Malabou 352. Whither Materialism? Althusser/Darwin / Catherine Malabou 473. From the Overman to the Posthuman: How Many Ends? / Catherine Malabou 614. Autoplasticity / Alain Pottage 735. Plasticity, Capital, and the Dialectic / Alberto Toscano 916. Plasticity and the Cerebral Unconscious: New Wounds, New Violences, New Politics / Catherine Kellogg 1117. "Go Wonder": Plasticity, Dissemination, and (the Mirage of) Revolution / Silvana Carotenuto 1338. Insects, War, Plastic Life / Renisa Mawani 1599. Zones of Justice: A Philopoetic Engagement / Michael J. Shapiro 18910. Law, Sovereignty, and Recognition / Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller 2091. Something Darkly This Way Comes: The Horror of Plasticity in an Age of Control / Jairus Grove 23312. The Touring Machine (Flesh Thought Inside Out) / Fred Moten 26513. Interview with Catherine Malabou 287Bibliography 301Contributors 325Index  329

"Plastic Materialities is testament to both the vibrant potentialities which lie in the philosophical thinking of Malabou and the scholarly reflections on that potential. Bhandar and Goldberg-Hiller, as well as the contributors to this volume, should be commended on what is a truly groundbreaking and important contribution to the social, political and legal implications of Malabou’s plasticity." - Chris Lloyd (Social & Legal Studies) "Whether we accept or not that materialism, in general, affirms the radical absence of any outside to the mode of coming, the idea put forward overall by the book, that matter is self or selves in formation, remains a thought-provoking one that will no doubt generate further research especially in the intersecting fields of neuroscience and philosophy, intersection that clearly marks Malabou out as one of the most courageous scholars attempting to bridge the gap between science and the humanities. It is a credit to the editors to have brought together a wide-ranging set of views on Malabou’s work, thus giving the reader, expert and non-experts, the possibility of apprehending one of the most distinctive voices in philosophy today."  - Jean-Paul Martinon (H-France, H-Net Reviews) “Plastic Materialities is an important and exciting contribution. Each article should be granted the careful reading that it deserves.”- Ida Djursaa (New Formations)

Brenna Bhandar is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, SOAS, at the University of London.Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i. He is the author of The Limits to Union: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights.

• Acknowledgments  viiIntroduction. Staging Encounters / Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller 11. Will Sovereignty Ever Be Deconstructed? / Catherine Malabou 352. Whither Materialism? Althusser/Darwin / Catherine Malabou 473. From the Overman to the Posthuman: How Many Ends? / Catherine Malabou 614. Autoplasticity / Alain Pottage 735. Plasticity, Capital, and the Dialectic / Alberto Toscano 916. Plasticity and the Cerebral Unconscious: New Wounds, New Violences, New Politics / Catherine Kellogg 1117. "Go Wonder": Plasticity, Dissemination, and (the Mirage of) Revolution / Silvana Carotenuto 1338. Insects, War, Plastic Life / Renisa Mawani 1599. Zones of Justice: A Philopoetic Engagement / Michael J. Shapiro 18910. Law, Sovereignty, and Recognition / Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller 2091. Something Darkly This Way Comes: The Horror of Plasticity in an Age of Control / Jairus Grove 23312. The Touring Machine (Flesh Thought Inside Out) / Fred Moten 26513. Interview with Catherine Malabou 287Bibliography 301Contributors 325Index  329

"Plastic Materialities is testament to both the vibrant potentialities which lie in the philosophical thinking of Malabou and the scholarly reflections on that potential. Bhandar and Goldberg-Hiller, as well as the contributors to this volume, should be commended on what is a truly groundbreaking and important contribution to the social, political and legal implications of Malabou’s plasticity." - Chris Lloyd (Social & Legal Studies) "Whether we accept or not that materialism, in general, affirms the radical absence of any outside to the mode of coming, the idea put forward overall by the book, that matter is self or selves in formation, remains a thought-provoking one that will no doubt generate further research especially in the intersecting fields of neuroscience and philosophy, intersection that clearly marks Malabou out as one of the most courageous scholars attempting to bridge the gap between science and the humanities. It is a credit to the editors to have brought together a wide-ranging set of views on Malabou’s work, thus giving the reader, expert and non-experts, the possibility of apprehending one of the most distinctive voices in philosophy today."  - Jean-Paul Martinon (H-France, H-Net Reviews) “Plastic Materialities is an important and exciting contribution. Each article should be granted the careful reading that it deserves.”- Ida Djursaa (New Formations)

Brenna Bhandar is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, SOAS, at the University of London.Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i. He is the author of The Limits to Union: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights.

• Acknowledgments  viiIntroduction. Staging Encounters / Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller 11. Will Sovereignty Ever Be Deconstructed? / Catherine Malabou 352. Whither Materialism? Althusser/Darwin / Catherine Malabou 473. From the Overman to the Posthuman: How Many Ends? / Catherine Malabou 614. Autoplasticity / Alain Pottage 735. Plasticity, Capital, and the Dialectic / Alberto Toscano 916. Plasticity and the Cerebral Unconscious: New Wounds, New Violences, New Politics / Catherine Kellogg 1117. "Go Wonder": Plasticity, Dissemination, and (the Mirage of) Revolution / Silvana Carotenuto 1338. Insects, War, Plastic Life / Renisa Mawani 1599. Zones of Justice: A Philopoetic Engagement / Michael J. Shapiro 18910. Law, Sovereignty, and Recognition / Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller 2091. Something Darkly This Way Comes: The Horror of Plasticity in an Age of Control / Jairus Grove 23312. The Touring Machine (Flesh Thought Inside Out) / Fred Moten 26513. Interview with Catherine Malabou 287Bibliography 301Contributors 325Index  329

"Plastic Materialities is testament to both the vibrant potentialities which lie in the philosophical thinking of Malabou and the scholarly reflections on that potential. Bhandar and Goldberg-Hiller, as well as the contributors to this volume, should be commended on what is a truly groundbreaking and important contribution to the social, political and legal implications of Malabou’s plasticity." - Chris Lloyd (Social & Legal Studies) "Whether we accept or not that materialism, in general, affirms the radical absence of any outside to the mode of coming, the idea put forward overall by the book, that matter is self or selves in formation, remains a thought-provoking one that will no doubt generate further research especially in the intersecting fields of neuroscience and philosophy, intersection that clearly marks Malabou out as one of the most courageous scholars attempting to bridge the gap between science and the humanities. It is a credit to the editors to have brought together a wide-ranging set of views on Malabou’s work, thus giving the reader, expert and non-experts, the possibility of apprehending one of the most distinctive voices in philosophy today."  - Jean-Paul Martinon (H-France, H-Net Reviews) “Plastic Materialities is an important and exciting contribution. Each article should be granted the careful reading that it deserves.”- Ida Djursaa (New Formations)