Table of Contents

Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works

Preliminary Note

Introduction: Formalism and the Lessons of Dante

1. OOO and Art: A First Summary

2. Formalism and its Flaws

3. Theatrical, Not Literal

4. The Canvas is the Message

5. After High Modernism

6. Dada, Surrealism, and Literalism

7. Weird Formalism

Notes

Works Cited

About the Author

Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

Reviews

“An essential guide by the foremost philosopher of our age. This book will educate and delight both aficionados and those unfamiliar with the first major philosophical movement of the twenty-first century.”
Timothy Morton, Rice University  “Harman presents a clear overview of the development of Speculative Realism’s core debates. He not only reconstructs its genealogy but offers a remarkably concise introduction to his own ontology by putting it in its larger context.”
Markus Gabriel, University of Bonn

". . . Harman is a wonderful writer. He’s accessible and lively, a real joy to read."
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