Guerrilla metaphysics : phenomenology and the carpentry of things / Graham Harman.

Author
Harman, Graham, 1968- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chicago : Open Court, ©2005.
Description
vii, 283 pages ; 23 cm

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    • "Too unorthodox to be conservative, too systematic to be postmodern, Guerrilla Metaphysics is a unique attempt to describe the carpentry of things. At once systematic and offbeat, technical and poetic, it is a startling new vision of phenomenology's motto: To the things themselves! Instead of the occasional cause that makes God responsible for all events, Guerrilla Metaphysics seeks the vicarious cause that links human beings, tools, rivers, mountains, plastic, and clowns. Professor Graham Harman argues for a radical shift in the phenomenological attitude to objects, and explains how phenomenology can be reunified with the physical world that it wanted to bracket from view. In Part Two Harman takes a fresh approach to metaphor and comedy, showing how even physical causation has the structure of allure. In the final Part, he offers a new account of causation, which is shown to be not only vicarious but also asymmetrical and buffered."--Publisher's description.
    • "In Part Two Harman takes a fresh approach to metaphor and comedy, explaining how even physical causation has the structure of allure. In the final Part, he offers a new account of causation, which is shown to be not only vicarious but also asymmetrical and buffered."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index.
    Contents
    • The Carnal phenomenologists
    • Setting the table
    • Quadruple philosophy.
    ISBN
    • 9780812694567 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0812694562 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2005013757
    OCLC
    60491855
    International Article Number
    • 9780812694567
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