Description: Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything by Graham Harman (Author) We humans tend to believe that things are only real in as much as we perceive them, an idea reinforced by modern philosophy, which privileges us as special, radically different in kind from all other objects. But as Graham Harman, one of the theory's leading exponents, shows, Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) rejects the idea of human specialness: the world, he states, is clearly not the world as manifest to humans. "To think a reality beyond our thinking is not nonsense, but obligatory." At OOO's heart is the idea that objects—whether real, fictional, natural, artificial, human, or non-human—are mutually autonomous. This core idea has significance for nearly every field of inquiry which is concerned in some way with the systematic interaction of objects, and the degree to which individual objects resist full participation in such systems. In this brilliant new introduction, Graham Harman lays out OOO's history, ideas, and impact, taking in art and literature, politics and natural science along the way. From Sherlock Holmes, unicorns, and videogames to Dadaism, Voltaire, and string theory, this book will change the way you understand everything.
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Book Title: Pelican Book: Object-Oriented Ontology
Item Length: 7in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 4.4in
Author: Graham Harman
Format: Mass Market
Language: English
Topic: Metaphysics, History & Surveys / Modern
Publisher: Penguin Books, The Limited
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 6.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
