[-empyre-] Meillassoux / Harman

[Ian Bogost]

Look, I'm new here, but is this really the level of conversation this list strives to support? 

If this is just a place where like-minded folk pat each other on the back, please let me know so I can unsubscribe.

Ian

On Jun 14, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Rob Myers wrote:

> On 06/14/2012 07:02 PM, Ian Bogost wrote:
>> 
>> As for queer and feminist formulations, I agree with the spirit of what
>> you say, but I'll reiterate my observation that SR/OOO is moving in a
>> slightly different direction—one that concerns toasters and quasars as
>> much as human subjects (note the "as much as" here). Why not take this
>> work for what it is, at least for starters, rather than for what it
>> isn't?
> 
> The "as much as" is precisely the problem.
> 
> Galloway's critique of OOO that Zach mentioned explains why:
> 
> http://itself.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/a-response-to-graham-harmans-marginalia-on-radical-thinking/
> 
> But I wouldn't lump Meillassoux in with Harman. I think Meillassoux's philosophy can indeed be interesting for this debate because of its embracing of contingency and possibility.
> 
> - Rob.
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