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Speculations

  • Edited by Paul J. Ennis

Published on July 30, 2020 by Speculations, an imprint of punctum books

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Pages
212 pages
Languages
English
ISBN (PDF)
ISBN: 978-1-950192-99-1 (PDF)
DOI
DOI: 10.21983/P3.0343.1.00(opens in new tab)
BISAC subject codes
BISAC: PHI013000
Thema subject codes
THEMA: QDHR7, QDTJ

From the Editorial Introduction: "Since I am convinced that nobody reads editorials I will keep my remarks brief. Putting together the inaugural issue of Speculations has been an unusual experience. It has depended on the collusion of fellow speculative types, the help of many anonymous reviewers, the endless patience of designer Thomas Gokey, and more hours than someone in the final year of their PhD should ever spend on a project. Looking over the final product I think it has all been worth it. This is the first journal dedicated to speculative realism and despite the obscurity of that term I think we all understand it as a handy label under which weird realists, continental metaphysicians, object oriented ontologists, transcendental realists, vitalists, and Lovecraftians can unite. This is also, perhaps, the first time a journal can boast that each contributor is also a blogger. This is the reason why Speculations could only ever be an online, open-access journal. …"

Contents

  1. Frontmatter (1–4)

    Paul J. Ennis

  2. Editorial (5–8)

    Paul J. Ennis

  3. Science-Laden Theory: Outlines of an Unsettled Alliance (9–46)

    Fabio Gironi

  4. Thinking Against Nature: Nature, Ideation, and Realism between Lovecraft and Shelling (47–65)

    Ben Woodard

  5. To Exist Is to Change: A Friendly Disagreement with Graham Harman on Why Things Happen (66–83)

    Michael Austin

  6. Interviews with Graham Harman, Jane Bennett, Tim Morton, Ian Bogost, Levi Bryant and Paul Ennis (84–134)

    Peter Gratton

  7. Nomological Disputation: Alain Badiou and Graham Harman on Objects (135–144)

    Nathan Coombs

  8. Response to Nathan Coombs (145–152)

    Graham Harman

  9. Networkologies: A Manifesto, Section I (153–183)

    Christopher Vitale

  10. Review of "Deleuze/Guattari & Ecology" edited by Bernd Herzogenrath (184–191)

    Adrian Ivakhiv

  11. Review of "The Ecological Thought" by Tim Morton (192–202)

    Peter Gratton

  12. Review of "After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion" edited by Anthony Paul Smith and Daniel Whistler (203–208)

    Austin Smidt

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Genres

  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • object-oriented ontology
  • philosophy
  • speculative realism