Introductions to three new Speculative Realism books put on-line by Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press has posted the introductions to three books:

1. Tristan Garcia's Form and Object (here),
2. Adrian Johnston's Adventures in Transcendental Materialism (here), and
3. Levi Bryant's Onto-Cartography (here).

They are all pretty interesting.

I helped Mark Ohm translate Garcia's book,* and our translator's introduction (included in the material EUP posted) is substantive.

One of the really exciting things about Garcia is that he has single-handedly revived the tradition the French novelist/philosopher. La meilleure part des hommes (recently out in English as Hate: A Romance) won the Prix de Flore. It's an amazing novel.

[*Unless you've done this, you have no idea how much work it is. But you learn so much about the philosophy in question (and about language itself) that it's an awesome experience.]