Force-full: power, politics and object-oriented philosophy

被引:47
作者
Shaw, Ian G. R. [1 ]
Meehan, Katharine [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, Sch Geog & Earth Sci, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Oregon, Dept Geog, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
关键词
object-oriented philosophy; actor-network theory; power; affect; politics; Harman; RETHINKING; GEOGRAPHY; WORLDS;
D O I
10.1111/area.12023
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
In this paper we construct an object-oriented approach to power and politics. Building on the work of Graham Harman, we argue that objects are engines of power, able to fully shape the contours of existence through the production of difference and affectivity in the world. We present four key points to underpin our argument. First, we define an object by expanding on the Heideggerian idea that objects are split between their present qualities' and absent qualities'. Second, we discuss why objects are irreducible to scientific naturalism or social relativism. Third, we contend that the world is policed' by objects that act as phenomenological viruses. And finally, we explain that such policing is never exhaustive and autonomous forces are constitutive of new commons. We conclude that a speculative metaphysics is vital for building new geographic understandings of objects and power, and a politics of action one brick at a time.
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页码:216 / 222
页数:7
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