Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A brilliant feat of cultural connecting: of cross-reading, from epistemology to objects and vice versa, and a perfect counterpoint to the lazy, sub-Buddhistic essentialism blighting so much contemporary thinking about things in general and things in particular."—Tom McCarthy, author of Remainder, Men in Space, and C
"A page-turner."—Leonardo Reviews
"Instead of a monograph, we are left with a refreshing hybrid of scholarship, speculative criticism, and reeling proclamation to which it will be a pleasure to return."—Critical Inquiry
"Quirky yet surprisingly gripping."—American Literature
Table of ContentsContents
Instruction Manual
The Way Things Go
100: I Don't Know about the Coming Singularity
80: Lost and Found
61: That Swell New Thing
37: Risky Things
15: Materials and Their Methods
0: Nothing but Remains
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
