Object-oriented ontology and the time impasse
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object-oriented ontology, Graham Harman, Process, TimeAbstract
This work proposes a critical assessment of the status of time in Graham Harman's object-oriented ontology (OOO). First, we revisit the elements around which his doctrine of time is founded: the critique of reductionism, the quadruple structure of the object, and the theory of indirect causality. Next, we argue that the priority of the object over time leads OOO to a boomerang effect: the objection raised against process philosophies ends up turning against itself, as Harman has to presuppose the object instead of explaining its genesis. Finally, drawing from Steven Shaviro (2014), Hilan Bensusan (2016), and Levi Bryant (2016), we propose that the impasse of time leads to a deepening of the processual approach, breaking away from OOO.
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