Ruth Miller is Professor of History at University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the author of Snarl: In Defense of Stalled Traffic and Faulty Networks, Seven Stories of Threatening Speech: Womens Suffrage Meets Machine Code, and Law in Crisis: The Ecstatic Subject of Natural Disaster.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Feminist Theory and the Politics of LifeChapter 2: Nonhuman NostalgiaChapter 3: EmbryosChapter 4: AlphabetsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Ruth Miller has constructed a multi-layered text that reflects the complexity of her mind, the wealth of her bibliographical knowledge and, more importantly, her intellectual passion. This is an important and timely book." -Rosi Braidotti, author of The Posthuman"Ruth Miller has written the book that every academic secretly wants to write. This paradigm shattering book challenges conventional methods and complacencies with a vibrantly creative approach that is itself both art and argument. In the end, The Biopolitics of Embryos and Alphabets is a manifesto for the future of critical and political theory." -John Parry, Edward Brunet Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Ruth Miller is Professor of History at University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the author of Snarl: In Defense of Stalled Traffic and Faulty Networks, Seven Stories of Threatening Speech: Womens Suffrage Meets Machine Code, and Law in Crisis: The Ecstatic Subject of Natural Disaster.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Feminist Theory and the Politics of LifeChapter 2: Nonhuman NostalgiaChapter 3: EmbryosChapter 4: AlphabetsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Ruth Miller has constructed a multi-layered text that reflects the complexity of her mind, the wealth of her bibliographical knowledge and, more importantly, her intellectual passion. This is an important and timely book." -Rosi Braidotti, author of The Posthuman"Ruth Miller has written the book that every academic secretly wants to write. This paradigm shattering book challenges conventional methods and complacencies with a vibrantly creative approach that is itself both art and argument. In the end, The Biopolitics of Embryos and Alphabets is a manifesto for the future of critical and political theory." -John Parry, Edward Brunet Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Ruth Miller is Professor of History at University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the author of Snarl: In Defense of Stalled Traffic and Faulty Networks, Seven Stories of Threatening Speech: Womens Suffrage Meets Machine Code, and Law in Crisis: The Ecstatic Subject of Natural Disaster.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Feminist Theory and the Politics of LifeChapter 2: Nonhuman NostalgiaChapter 3: EmbryosChapter 4: AlphabetsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Ruth Miller has constructed a multi-layered text that reflects the complexity of her mind, the wealth of her bibliographical knowledge and, more importantly, her intellectual passion. This is an important and timely book." -Rosi Braidotti, author of The Posthuman"Ruth Miller has written the book that every academic secretly wants to write. This paradigm shattering book challenges conventional methods and complacencies with a vibrantly creative approach that is itself both art and argument. In the end, The Biopolitics of Embryos and Alphabets is a manifesto for the future of critical and political theory." -John Parry, Edward Brunet Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School