3. Volumes, Part II

The chapter surveys the richness of creaturely life and its entanglements with variegated spaces. It uses ecology and the philosophical commitments of this science to show the importance of habitat redundancy in relation to the forever-changing habits of the living. It makes the passage from the largely ontological discussions of the first part of the book to political ethics. The concept of vulnerability is developed as a possible bridge between the two, and discussed at length.