Being Shaken ─ Ontology and the Event

Despite the fact that over the last twenty years philosophies of the event have become more prevalent, their overall relation to the ontological paradigm remains largely unthought. This collection explores ways in which events destabilize this paradigm, producing powerful tremors that shake Being to its core. Being Shaken considers the personal, ethical, theological, aesthetic, and political dimensions of this disquietude, offering a multifaceted approach to the relation of ontology and the event.

Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU). His most recent publications are Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life and Deconstructing Zionism: A Critique of Political Metaphysics (co-edited with Gianni Vattimo).

Santiago Zabala is ICREA Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His most recent publications include The Hermeneutic Nature of Analytic Philosophy, The Remains of Being, and Hermeneutic Communism (co-authored with Gianni Vattimo). He also writes opinion articles for the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and the Guardian.