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The Democracy of Objects

by Levi Bryant
The Democracy of Objects
The Democracy of Objects

Challenging traditional ontology with object-focused realism.

If you're intrigued by the deep layers of reality and want to explore a fresh philosophical perspective, "The Democracy of Objects" is a book that could reshape your understanding of existence. Levi Bryant steers away from human-centric viewpoints, urging you to consider the lively dance of objects and their intrinsic value in our world. It's a profound read for anyone interested in the burgeoning field of speculative realism, or for those who seek to question and perhaps dismantle their anthropocentric assumptions.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Democracy of Objects

by Levi Bryant
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ISBN: 9781607852049
Authors: Levi Bryant
Publisher: Open Humanities Press
Date of Publication: 2011-11-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Economics, Sociology
Related Topics: Theory, Sociology, Economics
Goodreads rating: 3.84
(rated by 129 readers)

Description

Since Kant, philosophy has been obsessed with epistemological questions pertaining to the relationship between mind and world and human access to objects. In The Democracy of Objects, Bryant proposes that we break with this tradition and once again initiate the project of ontology as first philosophy. Drawing on the object-oriented ontology of Graham Harman, as well as the thought of Roy Bhaskar, Gilles Deleuze, Niklas Luhman, Aristotle, Jacques Lacan, Bruno Latour, and the developmental systems theorists, Bryant develops a realist ontology that he calls “onticology”. This ontology argues that being is composed entirely of objects, properties, and relations such that subjects themselves are a variant of objects. By way of systems theory and cybernetics, Bryant argues that objects are dynamic systems that relate to the world under conditions of operational closure. In this way, he integrates the most vital discoveries of the anti-realists within a realist ontology that does justice to both the material and cultural. Onticology proposes a flat ontology where objects of all sorts and at different scales equally exist without being reducible to other objects and where there are no transcendent entities such as eternal essences outside of dynamic interactions among objects. This work will be of great interest to Continental philosophers, ecologists, cultural theorists, media theorists, and those following recent developments in the thought of speculative realists.
 

Challenging traditional ontology with object-focused realism.

If you're intrigued by the deep layers of reality and want to explore a fresh philosophical perspective, "The Democracy of Objects" is a book that could reshape your understanding of existence. Levi Bryant steers away from human-centric viewpoints, urging you to consider the lively dance of objects and their intrinsic value in our world. It's a profound read for anyone interested in the burgeoning field of speculative realism, or for those who seek to question and perhaps dismantle their anthropocentric assumptions.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.