Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects

by Graham Harman

Overview

Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) influenced the work of such diverse thinkers as Sartre and Derrida. In Tool-Being, Graham Harman departs from the prevailing linguistic approach to analytic and continental philosophy in favor of Heideggerian object-oriented research into the secret contours of objects. Written in a colorful style, it will be of interest to anyone open to new trends in present-day philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812694444
Publisher:	Open Court Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/14/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

What People are Saying About This

Alphonso Lingis

Out of a far-reaching critique of Heidegger, Graham Harman constructs a new theory of objects---objects in their reality beyond the usess with which they present themselves to humans, beyond their relation to humans subjectivity, beyond their relations with one another. The rigor and penetration of his analyses and the astonishing power of his thought launch a new kind of philosophy. This book is bold, original, and important.
— Alphonso Lingis, Pennsylvania State University