The Irreducible Reality of the Object: Phenomenological and Speculative Theories of Equipmentality

by Charles William Johns

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030514137
• ISBN13: 9783030514136
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"