Art and Objects

by Graham Harman

Book Overview

In this book, the founder of object-oriented ontology develops his view that aesthetics is the central discipline of philosophy. Whereas science must attempt to grasp an object in terms of its observable qualities, philosophy and art cannot proceed in this way because they don't have direct access to their objects. Hence philosophy shares the same fate as art in being compelled to communicate indirectly, allusively, or elliptically, rather than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509512683
• ISBN13: 9781509512683
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"