The irreducible reality of the object : phenomenological and speculative theories of equipmentality / Charles William Johns.
2020
B829.5
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Title
The irreducible reality of the object : phenomenological and speculative theories of equipmentality / Charles William Johns.
Author
Johns, Charles William.
ISBN
9783030514143 (electronic book)
3030514145 (electronic book)
9783030514136
3030514145 (electronic book)
9783030514136
Published
Cham : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 133 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-51414-3 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-51
10.1007/978-3-030-51
Call Number
B829.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
142/.7
Summary
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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SpringerBriefs in philosophy.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Heideggers Threefold of Experience
Chapter 3. The Twofold of Neurosis & Assimilation
Chapter 4. Tautology of the Object
Chapter 5. 6 Dimensions of the Tautological Object
Chapter 6. Use as Concept & Classification
Chapter 7. Memory Spaces
Chapter 8. The Threefold of Concepts: Experience, Shareability and Communication
Chapter 9. Determinism & Asymmetry
Chapter 10. Tautology of the Subject
Chapter 11. Conclusion.
Chapter 2. Heideggers Threefold of Experience
Chapter 3. The Twofold of Neurosis & Assimilation
Chapter 4. Tautology of the Object
Chapter 5. 6 Dimensions of the Tautological Object
Chapter 6. Use as Concept & Classification
Chapter 7. Memory Spaces
Chapter 8. The Threefold of Concepts: Experience, Shareability and Communication
Chapter 9. Determinism & Asymmetry
Chapter 10. Tautology of the Subject
Chapter 11. Conclusion.