#  Michael Marder 

Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country

 

 

 



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Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. His writings span the fields of ecological theory, phenomenology, and political thought. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and monographs, including *Plant-Thinking* (Columbia University Press, 2013), *The Philosopher’s Plant* (Columbia University Press, 2014), *Dust* (Object Lessons) (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), *Energy Dreams: Of Actuality* (Columbia University Press, 2017), *Heidegger: Phenomenology, Ecology, Politics* (Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2018), *Political Categories: Thinking Beyond Concepts* (Columbia University Press, 2019), *Pyropolitics: Fire and the Political* (ibidem Press, 2015, 2020), *Dump Philosophy* (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020), *Hegel's Energy* (Northwestern University Press, 2021), *Green Mass* (2021), *Philosophy for Passengers* (The MIT Press, 2022), *The Phoenix Complex* (The MIT Press, 2023), *Time Is a Plant* (Brill, 2023), and, with Edward S. Casey, *Plants in Place* (Columbia University Press, 2023). For more information: [michaelmarder.org](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__michaelmarder.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=SK9VpxgQKe1oymGlIJHb0bMABvf132PhLvXXtYcDdTs&m=zBb65_vDH3jSAveBmEddXvsUO_ycpihWk8Z-azkYHdfr3ytXwzlt9HAF_RGWs9VR&s=koGS1kPLN0sg7mYQ_jzq-TydQhJEdgyRMnT5uiLHOyA&e=).