debt to English Romanticism

That’s what I find most intriguing in this forthcoming (or recently published?) essay by Steven in Theory and Event.

“Steven Shaviro’s essay makes this claim explicit through its engagement with recent developments in speculative realism and object-oriented-ontology. Specifically focusing on the work of Graham Harman, and his debt to Whitehead, Heidegger, and English Romanticism, ‘The Universe of Things’ unpacks the vitalist dimensions of an object-oriented-ontology as well as its political challenge: the world of politics may not simply be a world of human subjects, but an interactive world comprised of a ‘democracy of objects,’ including those objects we call ‘humans.'”

It’s quite possible that I’ve already read this piece in manuscript form and am simply having one of my increasingly frequent attacks of absent-mindedness (I just wrote Steven to ask), but I have no memory of reading it.

And once again, I was not able to make a trip without forgetting at least one important item. This time, for the second time in a year, I forgot to pack any pants to augment the ones I was wearing, and had to buy more in duty-free, which was pretty ridiculous. I also forgot one other important written document related to the trip, but am reconstructing it from memory over a drink right now.

If I could afford a full-time secretary, I’d hire one right now.