Figures of Entanglement: Diffractive Readings of Barad, New Materialism, and Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

Recent and ongoing "new materialisms" scholarship seeks to fundamentally reshape the humanities and their relationship with the sciences. While this work comprises multiple and varied currents, one of the most important, yet whose distinctive merits are arguably often underappreciated, is that influenced by the theoretical physicist and feminist philosopher Karen Barad.

The first volume devoted to bringing Barad’s work into conversation with the disciplines of rhetoric and communication stu...