Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (on leave from the American University in Cairo).

"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"A unique contribution to the growing literature on [Speculative Realism] and ... a go-to text for anyone looking for an efficient and nuanced introduction to its subject, from undergraduate students to curious readers outside of academe."—Tom Sparrow, Notre Dame Philosophical Review

• Introduction1. PrometheanismA. Brassier at GoldsmithsB. Brassier's NihilismC. The Path Ahead2. Vitalist IdealismA. Grant at GoldsmithsB. Philosophies of Nature After SchellingC. A New Sense of Idealism3. Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO)A. OOO at GoldsmithsB. The WithdrawnC. Objects and Their QualitiesD. Vicarious CausationE. The Crucial Place of Aesthetics4. Speculative MaterialismA. Meillassoux at GoldsmithsB. After FinitudeC. Glimpses of the Divine InexistenceConclusion: The Two Axes of Speculative RealismNotesReferencesIndex

Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (on leave from the American University in Cairo).

"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"A unique contribution to the growing literature on [Speculative Realism] and ... a go-to text for anyone looking for an efficient and nuanced introduction to its subject, from undergraduate students to curious readers outside of academe."—Tom Sparrow, Notre Dame Philosophical Review

• Introduction1. PrometheanismA. Brassier at GoldsmithsB. Brassier's NihilismC. The Path Ahead2. Vitalist IdealismA. Grant at GoldsmithsB. Philosophies of Nature After SchellingC. A New Sense of Idealism3. Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO)A. OOO at GoldsmithsB. The WithdrawnC. Objects and Their QualitiesD. Vicarious CausationE. The Crucial Place of Aesthetics4. Speculative MaterialismA. Meillassoux at GoldsmithsB. After FinitudeC. Glimpses of the Divine InexistenceConclusion: The Two Axes of Speculative RealismNotesReferencesIndex