<p>What objects exist in the social world and how should we understand them? Is a specific Pizza Hut restaurant as real as the employees, tables, napkins and pizzas of which it is composed, and as real as the Pizza Hut corporation with its headquarters in Wichita, the United States, the planet Earth and the social and economic impact of the restaurant on the lives of its employees and customers?</p><p>In this book the founder of object-oriented philosophy develops his approach in order to shed light on the nature and status of objects in social life. While it is often assumed that an interest in objects amounts to a form of materialism, Harman rejects this view and develops instead an ¿immaterialist¿ method. By examining the work of leading contemporary thinkers such as Bruno Latour and Levi Bryant, he develops a forceful critique of ¿actor-network theory¿. In an extended discussion of Leibniz¿s famous example of the Dutch East India Company, Harman argues that this company qualifies f
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The essential compendium of shorter works by one of the most influential philosophers of the twenty-first century. Written in Harman's typical clear and witty style, the Reader is an essential resource for veteran readers of Harman and newcomers...
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"In this book we again encounter Harman's voice and the extraordinary force of his theses." Quentin Meillassoux, Ecole normale superieure, author of After Finitude This bestselling book presents the metaphysical system of renowned philosopher...
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