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The Irreducible Reality of the Object - Phenomenological and Speculative Theories of Equipmentality (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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The Irreducible Reality of the Object - Phenomenological and Speculative Theories of Equipmentality (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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This intriguing and compact book investigates whether or not
philosophy can have a use in the face of 'capitalist realism'
today. Can philosophy study everyday objects like computers and
mobile phones? Can it think of advertising, the population,
electricity, buildings and even dreams as 'objects' in their own
right, which convey particular and novel qualities when analysed?
Johns' book starts from an immanent phenomenological study of
objects, arguing that such objects disclose larger systems of
anthropological meaning and control. The author moves away from the
Husserlian 'essence' of the object and embeds his objects in a
series of 'uses' (or 'equipment' as Heidegger called it). However,
Johns makes a speculative move by positing the very existence of
such 'uses' distinct from the human and first person
phenomenological consciousness. This is when the annals of
phenomenology meet contemporary strands of realism such as
Speculative and Object Oriented models. For Johns, the world is in
a constant state of being utilised, not merely through humans but
through objects and their relations, and not only on a macro scale
but on a micro scale (described by the theories of quantum
physics). The object then becomes a locus of use, yet, importantly,
one that can never be reduced to relations alone. This is because
the author believes that certain aspects of a relation withholds
itself in its act of relating. The mutual dynamics of relation and
property are thus rearticulated in a new light. This novel
description of relation places Johns squarely between relational
ontologies (such as Deleuze, Latour and Garcia) and non-relational
ontologies (Harman). This work is invaluable to researchers and any
reader of contemporary philosophy in the age of advanced technology
and capitalism.
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