What Are Objects?

Highlights ways of thinking and doing that connect philosophical generality to socio-material idiosyncrasy, encouraging care for all types of objects, from famous works of art to items like plastic bags.

What Are Objects? opens with an object biography, composed in the form of an interview between the concept and author, in a playful attempt at “object whispering.” From there, Ann-Sophie Lehmann presents five object biographies that explore the life of flax—a material intertwined with human...