Collapsed buildings and debris in the World Financial Center during the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, New York City. Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz. His writings span the fields of ecological theory, phenomenology, and political thought. Some of his most recent books include Dump Philosophy (2020); Hegel's Energy (2021), Green Mass (2021), Philosophy for Passengers (2022), The Phoenix Complex (2023), Time Is a Plant (2023), with Edward S. Casey, Plants in Place (2024), Eco-Freud (2025), Metamorphoses Reimagined (2025), with Anais Tondeur, Flowers of Fire (2025), and Of Joints and Other Articulations (2026). More information at michaelmarder.org.