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The Thought of Matter: Materialism, Conceptuality and the Transcendence of Immanence by Richard A. Lee 9781783486434

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Discussions of materialism have exploded in recent years. From the speculative realism/materialism of Quentin Meillassoux to the New Materialism of many modern Marxisms, the interest in a return to or rehabilitation of materialism is on the rise. What is not analyzed in many of these discussions, however, is a trenchant methodological and metaphysical problem lying at the basis of any philosophical materialism: if matter is simply that which is other than thought, then how can it be thought without drawing it away from its materiality? On the other hand, if one assumes a direct access to matter, to this other, what are the conditions of that access? Are they material conditions or cognitive (thought) conditions? Does what would present itself immediately present, at the same time, the conditions that allow it to be presented? If not, then we are closer to a theology of matter and further from a philosophical materialism. The Thought of Matter investigates this metaphysical and methodological problem through Aristotle, Marx, Adorno, Althusser, Duns Scotus, Hobbes, and Benjamin in order to show that a philosophical materialism necessarily requires the concepts and tools of thought in order to allow the otherness of matter to emerge in its own materiality.

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Richard A. Lee Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is the author of The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force (2004) and Science, the Singular, and the Question of Theology (2002).

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Only Richard A. Lee could have written this book. Who else moves with such facility among these thinkers of both the distant past and the urgent present? Lee expertly reads Aristotle, Scotus, Hobbes, Marx, Benjamin, Adorno, and Althusser, involving them all in a thrilling conversation about a vital philosophical issue-the profound challenge that matter poses to thinking. -- Sean D. Kirkland, Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University
Lee's subtle and original study offers a far-reaching account of matter as that which is other than thought, and of the resulting problem of how thought can think what is other to it. His brilliant and insightful readings of thinkers from Aristotle to Adorno (via Marx, Duns Scotus and Hobbes) have profound implications for both the promise and the power of philosophy today. -- Josh Robinson, Lecturer in English Literature, Cardiff University



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ISBN 9781783486434
Author Richard A. Lee
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield International
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield International
Weight(grams) 204g
Dimensions(mm) 209mm * 137mm * 11mm

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