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Timothy Morton: Hyperobjects (2013, Univ Of Minnesota Press) 3 stars

Having set global warming in irreversible motion, we are facing the possibility of ecological catastrophe. …

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3 stars


It’s the end of the world and we’re already experiencing it. However, since the end of the world is an object that far transcends our ability to grasp it, it is a hyperobject.

Every object is a hyperobject in a sense. And since hyperobjects are so difficult to make sense, this book try, in a hyperobjective way, to hyperobjectify our understanding of hyperobjects, making it a bit hard to grasp its message. However, that is not the author’s fault. This is the nature of hyperobjects and reading this book, with all its faults, still makes you aware of these hyperdimensions where we inhabit and rarely give a thought about it.

This is not an easy book; but it is not an easy subject. Notwithstanding that, the author does a great job in giving you a sense of what he’s aiming at.

Would I recommend this book? Yes, if you’re interested in philosophy; moreso if you want to learn about a cutting edge approach to ontology. If you’re not into this, don’t waste your time. The message is: we are already there, but it is too big and too complex for us to understand its workings and implications.