Graham Harman

Graham Harman (born 9 May 1968) is an American philosopher and one of the leading figures of speculative realism. He developed Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO), a metaphysical framework emphasizing the autonomy and withdrawal of objects beyond human perception. Harman studied at St. John’s College and earned his PhD at DePaul University under Alphonso Lingis. He taught for 16 years at the American University in Cairo and is now Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles. His work has influenced philosophy, art, and architecture, reframing debates about realism and materiality.

/ Gaia Radić

As part of the broader philosophical movement of speculative realism, OOO (Object-Oriented Ontology) directly challenges the long-established belief that reality is always determined solely through human perception. Instead, the father of OOO, philosopher Graham Harman, argues that all objects—human and non-human, natural and artificial—exist independently of our subjective conceptualizations. To understand the radical nature and […]

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