The Allure of Things: Process and Object in Contemporary Philosophy

by Faber, Roland; Goffey, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781472525208
• ISBN10: 1472525205
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-07-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

The Allure of Things: Process and Object in Contemporary Philosophy contests the view that metaphysics is something to be overcome. By focusing on process and object oriented ontology (OOO) and rejecting the privileging of human existence over the existence of non-human objects, this collection explores philosophy's concern with things themselves. Interest in Latour, Stengers, Whitehead, Harman and Meillassoux has prompted a resurgence of ontological questions outside the traditional subject-object framework of modern critical thought. This new collection consequently proposes a pragmatic and pluralist approach to 'modes of existence'. Drawing together an international range of leading scholars, The Allure of Things fully covers the similarities between OOO and process philosophy, and is an essential addition to the literature on metaphysics.

Author Biography

Roland Faber is Kilsby Family/John B. Cobb Jr. Professor of Process Studies at Claremont School of Theology, Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Claremont Graduate University, USA and Executive Director of the Whitehead Research Project.

Andrew Goffey is Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction Andrew Goffey (University of Nottingham) \ Part I: Crossings: Connection, Disconnection, Vibration \ 1. Atomicity, Conformation, Enduring Objects, and "Things" James J. Bono (University at Buffalo) \ 2. Consequences of Panpsychism Steven Shaviro (Wayne State University)\ 3. Another Response to Shaviro Graham Harman (American University in Cairo) \ 4. Touch: A Philosophic Meditation Roland Faber (Claremont School of Theology)\ Part II: Things: Objects, Matters, Processes\ 5. The Time of the Object: Derrida, Luhmann, and the Processual Nature of Substances Levi Bryant (Collin College)\ 6. Creaturely Things: Living Matter, Dead Matter & the Resonance of Actual Entities Beatrice Marovich (Drew University)\ 7.Conatus and Concrescence: Stearns and Whitehead on Individuation Judith Jones (Fordham University) \ 8. Facts as Social Things Michael Halewood (University of Essex)\ 9. Process vs. Procedure Ian Bogost (The Georgia Institute of Technology)\ Part III: Dramatisations: Situating, Abstracting, Experimenting\ 10. Between Realism and Antirealism: Deleuzian Metaphysics in the Style of Whitehead Jeffery Bell (Southeastern Louisiana University)\ 11. A Situated Metaphysics. Reading Whitehead on Things and History Melanie Sehgal (Technical University Darmstadt/Europa Universität Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder))\ 12. Speculative Philosophy and the Art of Dramatization Isabelle Stengers (Université Libre de Bruxelles) \ 13. Experimental Metaphysics and the Capture of Thought Andrew Goffey (University of Nottingham)\ Bibliography \ Index