Towards Speculative Realism: Essays &

by Graham Harman Southern California Institute of Architecture

Overview

These writings chart Harman's rise from Chicago sportswriter to co founder of one of Europe's most promising philosophical movements: Speculative Realism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846946035
Publisher:	Collective Ink
Publication date:	11/26/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	219
File size:	662 KB

About the Author

Graham Harman is Associate Provost for Research Administration and a member of the Department of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

1 Phenomenology and the Theory of Equipment (1997) 5

2 Alphonso Lingis on the Imperatives in Things (1997) 14

3 The Theory of Objects in Heidegger and Whitehead (1997) 22

4 A Fresh Look at Zuhandenheit (1999) 44

5 Bruno Latour, King of Networks (1999) 67

6 Object-Oriented Philosophy (1999) 93

7 The Revival of Metaphysics in Continental Philosophy (2002) 105

8 Physical Nature and the Paradox of Qualities (2006) 122

9 Space, Time, and Essence: An Object-Oriented Approach (2008) 140

10 The Assemblage Theory of Society (2008) 170

11 Objects, Matter, Sleep, and Death (2009) 199

Notes 208