As an alternative to an instrumentalist view of the natural world in political practices and institutions-a view that conceives of nature as an aggregated of resources to merely serve human interests and needs-this article advances an account of a new politics for a more-than-human world. It proposes a different understanding of the nonhuman within the sphere of the political which both impacts upon the extension of the political community-who should be included in the demos-as well as upon the use and application of traditional political concepts-e.g., sovereignty, representation, legitimacy and authority. It is argued that these theoretical developments characterize a new politics and are, in the light of current environmental challenges, a necessary first step towards a genuine transformation of state policies and practices for our more-than-human political communities.