Immaterialism: Objects and Social Theory Harman G.
Immaterialism: Objects and Social Theory Harman G. What objects exist in the social world and how should we understand them? While it is often assumed that an interest in objects amounts to a form of…
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Immaterialism: Objects and Social Theory Harman G.
What objects exist in the social world and how should we understand them? 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. 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?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.
In an extended discussion of By examining the work of leading contemporary thinkers such as Bruno Latour and Levi Bryant, he develops a forceful critique of 'actor-network theory'.
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