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Speculations II

  • Michael Austin (editor)
  • Paul J. Ennis(editor)
  • Thomas Gokey (editor)
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TitleSpeculations II
ContributorMichael Austin (editor)
Paul J. Ennis(editor)
Thomas Gokey (editor)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.344.1.00
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/speculations-ii/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
CopyrightAustin, Michael; Ennis, Paul J.; Gokey, Thomas
Publisherpunctum books
Publication placeEarth, Milky Way
Published on2020-07-30
ISBN978-1-953035-02-8 (PDF)
Long abstract From the Editorial Introduction: "If the first volume of Speculations was enough of an explicit wager, a willing blind leap in the terra incognita of the publishing world, then this volume forces us to stop and evaluate the reasons for the journal’s protracted existence. This is all the more important when we consider how the range of meanings of the term ‘speculative realism’ seems to be growing—with increasing numbers of thinkers situating themselves in its trail, or holding a somewhat cautious interest in it—while its e ective reference seems nowhere to be found. …"
Print length354 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
BIC
  • HPCF
BISAC
  • PHI013000
Keywords
  • philosophy
  • speculative realism
  • object-oriented ontology
Contents

Frontmatter

(pp. 1–4)
  • Michael Austin
  • Paul J. Ennis
  • Thomas Gokey

Editorial Introduction

(pp. 5–6)
  • Michael Austin
  • Paul J. Ennis
  • Thomas Gokey

Tractatus Mathematico-Politicus: On Alain Badiou’s "Being and Event"

(pp. 7–48)
  • Christopher Norris

The Philosopher, the Sophist, the Undercurrent and Alain Badiou

(pp. 49–85)
  • Marianna Papastephanou

On the Reality and Construction of Hyperobjects with Reference to Class

(pp. 86–103)
  • Levi R. Bryant

Structure, Sense and Territory

(pp. 104–134)
  • Michael Austin

The Anxiousness of Objects and Artworks: Michael Fried, Object Oriented Ontology and Aesthetic Absorption

(pp. 135–168)
  • Robert Jackson

The Cubist Object: Black Boxes, Überrealism and the Metaphysics of Perspectives

(pp. 169–186)
  • Hilan Bensusan

Correlationism Reconsidered

(pp. 187–206)
  • Josef Moshe

Sublime Objects

(pp. 207–227)
  • Timothy Morton

Unknowing Animals

(pp. 228–244)
  • Nicola Masciandaro

Networkologies: A Manifesto, Section II

(pp. 245–274)
  • Christopher Vitale

‘Girls Welcome!!!’

(pp. 275–312)
  • Michael O'Rourke

Science and Philosophy: A Conversation with Sean Carroll

(pp. 313–333)
  • Fabio Gironi

Review of "After Life" by Eugene Thacker

(pp. 334–339)
  • Anthony Paul Smith

Review of "Insect Media: An Archeology of Animals and Technology" by Jussi Parikka

(pp. 340–345)
  • Beatrice Marovich

Review of "Towards Speculative Realism" by Graham Harman

(pp. 346–351)
  • Fintan Neylan
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PDFhttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/speculations-ii/Landing pagehttps://books.punctumbooks.com/10.21983/P3.344.1.00.pdfFull text URLTHOTH
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Contributors

Michael Austin

(editor)
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Paul J. Ennis

(editor)
University College Dublin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9882-6534

Thomas Gokey

(editor)
Syracuse University

UK registered social enterprise and Community Interest Company (CIC).

Company registration 14549556

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