Organics, Hyborgs, and Philosopher-Cyborgs: The Politiverse in 2278

• Author: Lisa Bellantoni
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/00905917221127663
• Published date: 01 February 2023
• Date: 01 February 2023
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Political Theory

2023, Vol. 51(1) 27 –38

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Organics, Hyborgs, and

Philosopher-Cyborgs:

The Politiverse in 2278

Lisa Bellantoni1

Abstract

This essay is part of a special issue celebrating 50 years of Political Theory. The

ambition of the editors was to mark this half century not with a retrospective

but with a confabulation of futures. Contributors were asked: What will

political theory look and sound like in the next century and beyond? What

claims might political theorists or their descendants be making in ten,

twenty-five, fifty, a hundred years’ time? How might they vindicate those

claims in their future contexts? How will the consistent concerns of political

theorists evolve into the questions critical for people decades or centuries

from now? What new problems will engage the political theorists (or their

rough equivalents) of the future? What forms might those take? What

follows is one of the many confabulations published in response to these

queries.

Hevon Talcebot strode through a labyrinth of corridors, his hesitant footsteps

triggering their soundless transition from a muted green and brown tinting to

sheer transparency. The sprawling research center hung over Old Earth’s

Northern Hemisphere, and the view was dizzying.

1Department of Philosophy, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA

Corresponding Author:

Lisa Bellantoni, Department of Philosophy, Albright College, 13th and Bern Streets, Reading,

PA 19612, USA.

Email: lbellantoni@albright.edu

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