On the Supposed Societies of Chemicals, Atoms and Stars in Gabriel Tarde

Authors

Graham Harman, The American University in Cairo AUCFollow

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Department

Philosophy Department

Abstract

It is commonly believed that the French sociologist Gabriel Tarde allows even for inanimate objects such as chemicals, atoms, and stars to be topics of sociology. This article claims otherwise. Tarde is an arch-reductionist for whom nothing exists below the tiniest micro-level of the cosmos. His theory of monads is by no means an adequate sociology of medium- or large-sized things.

Publication Date

2012

Document Type

Book Chapter

Book Title

Savage Objects

Editors

Godofredo Pereira

ISBN

9789722720717

Publisher

INCM

City

Lisbon

First Page

33

Last Page

43

Keywords

Tarde, Gabriel de, 1843-1904, Monadology, Reductionism

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Philosophy

Recommended Citation

APA Citation

Harman, G. (2012).On the Supposed Societies of Chemicals, Atoms and Stars in Gabriel Tarde. INCM. , 33-43
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/782

MLA Citation

Harman, Graham On the Supposed Societies of Chemicals, Atoms and Stars in Gabriel Tarde. INCM, 2012.pp. 33-43
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/782