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Informationen zum Autor Graham Harman is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at Southern California Institute of Architecture (on leave from the American University in Cairo). His previous books include Tool-Being (2002), Guerrilla Metaphysics (2005), Heidegger Explained (2007), Prince of Networks (2009), Towards Speculative Realism (2010), Circus Philosophicus (2010), L'Objet quadruple (2010), and The Prince and the Wolf [with Bruno Latour and Peter Erdélyi] (2011). Klappentext Quentin Meillassoux's entry into the philosophical scene marks the beginning of a new epoch: the end of the transcendental approach and the return to realist ontology. Harman's beautifully written and argued book provides not just an introduction to Meillassoux, but much more: one authentic philosopher writing about another - a rare true encounter. It is not only for those who want to understand Meillassoux, but also for those who want to witness a radical shift in the entire field of philosophy. It is a book that will shake the very foundations of your world! Slavoj Zizek, philosopher and psychoanalyst An in-depth study of the emerging French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux In this expanded edition of his landmark 2011 work on Meillassoux, Graham Harman covers new materials not available to the Anglophone reader at the time of the first edition. Along with Meillassoux's startling book on Mallarmé's poem 'Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard, ' Harman discusses several new English articles by Meillassoux, including his controversial April 2012 Berlin lecture and its critique of 'subjectalism'. Freshly called to a professorship at the Sorbonne, Meillassoux's star has continued to rise. This expanded edition of the only book on Meillassoux remains the best introduction to one of Europe's most promising thinkers. Graham Harman is Distinguished University Professor at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Bells and Whistles: More Speculative Realism (2013) and Bruno Latour: Reassembling the Political (2014). Zusammenfassung Offers a comprehensive study of the emerging French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux. This volume covers materials that have not been published at the time of the first edition. It also features several fresh articles by Meillassoux. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. After Finitude; 2. The English Articles; 3. The Number and the Siren; 4. The Divine Inexistence; 5. Reflections on Meillassoux's Non Euclidean Philosophy; 6. Interview with Quentin Meillassoux (August 2010); Appendix: Excerpts from L'Inexistence divine. ...
