Haraway, Donna

Philosopher-Science Studies American Born 1944 (age 82)

Developed cyborg theory and situated knowledge epistemology.

368 quotes

"To be present is to be accountable to the world we inhabit."
Relationships
"The Anthropocene is less an epoch than a symptom of bad thinking."
Philosophy
"We must stay committed to the material world and its transformations."
Work
"Partial connections are stronger than the fantasy of total knowledge."
Wisdom
"The scientist is accountable to the world she studies and transforms."
Science
"Difference is not a problem to be solved but a resource to be explored."
Creativity
"We live in the contact zones where different worlds collide and mix."
Change
"Biology is not destiny; it is a story we tell and retell ourselves."
Science
"The question is not what things are, but what they do."
Philosophy
"We must learn to think with-and-for others, not about them."
Kindness
"Solidarity is not about sameness; it is about commitment to shared struggle."
Justice
"The world is made in the making, not in prior determination."
Creativity
"To live responsibly is to live in response to the needs of others."
Strength
"We cannot separate nature from politics; they are always entangled."
Politics
"The future depends on practices of connection and care, not domination."
Hope
"Learning to be response-able is the heart of ethical practice."
Education
"We are made through our relationships; we have no essence prior to connection."
Relationships
"The possibility of love and justice demands that we stay with the trouble."
Love
"Science and nature are not given; they are made through practice."
Science
"We must think ecologically, recognizing our entanglement with all life."
Nature
"The politics of representation is always a politics of exclusion."
Politics
"Hope is not optimism; it is a practice of enacting different futures."
Hope
"We are invited to imagine worlds otherwise and to make them real."
Imagination
"Knowledge is always embodied and situated in specific locations."
Knowledge
"The monster reminds us that nature is not what we thought it was."
Nature
"To be human is to be constitutively non-innocent; we are always implicated."
Truth
"We must practice precision and care in how we represent the world."
Science
"The boundary between human and animal is not natural but political."
Politics
"We can learn from those who are different; difference is enriching."
Education
"The world is full of non-human agencies with which we must negotiate."
Philosophy