New Literary History: OOO Essays
Object-oriented philosophy storms the latest offering from New Literary History. While the entire issue is available through Project Muse, I've uploaded the relevant articles below for easier access.
"The Well-Wrought Broken Hammer: Object-Oriented Literary Criticism," by Graham Harman.
"An Object-Oriented Defense of Poetry," by Timothy Morton.
"Systems and Things: A Response to Graham Harman and Timothy Morton," by Jane Bennett.
I've had a lot to say about the possibility of object-oriented lit crit, in the past, and will post my thoughts on the preceding, at a later date. For now enjoy these great, thought-provoking pieces and post your reactions in the comments thread.
Posted by Kris Coffield at 8/13/2012 11:07 PM 
Categories: Politics/Theory
Tags: object-oriented ontology literary criticism new literary history graham harman timothy morton jane bennett
Categories: Politics/Theory
Tags: object-oriented ontology literary criticism new literary history graham harman timothy morton jane bennett
thanks for sharing these!
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"I agree, but also note that the terms “mind-blowing” and “ahuman
timescales” imply that we can indeed stretch ourselves to study how climate
systems interact with capitalist systems to threaten our future on earth"
I wish that Bennett had spelled this out in more detail b/c it is not obvious to me why this is so, how exactly do these terms "imply" that we can stretch ourselves so?
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Thank you for sharing these articles!
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