Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy in the Making (Speculative Realism) 2nd Edition

For me anything written about Meillassoux is like water to the proverbial thirsty plant, so I was very eager to read Graham Harman's book. Well, I enjoyed it. However a more accurate title might have been "How I have Reprioritized Quentin Meillasoux's Ideas So That They Correspond More Closely To My Own Thinking." There is also an implication, however slight, that Meillassoux is no longer at the center of the speculative realist movement (if one can call it that) and that he has been superseded in that role by other philosophers. Then there are several points at which Harman is talking about various philosophers' responses to Meillassoux's thought and he says so-an-do "and others" think such-and-such. Which others? What exactly did they have to day.Despite all of my reservations, some of which I have mentioned above, this is still essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary continental philosophy.

Incredibly transparant, philosopy as the craft of argumentation, of discovering new technologies in thought production, of exploring unknown areas of knowledge. Harman knows how to expose what an excellent philosopher does when he is philosophizing. And halfway we even learn where an excellent craftsman like Meillassoux can sometimes go wrong in the process of production, but nevertheless, After Finitude, ends up with a masterpiece.

Buyers of the Kindle version of the 2nd edition should be warned that what you'll get is the (out-of-date) 1st edition. Amazon needs to fix this.