@article{ART003226510},
author={Lee, Ki-heung},
title={New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2025},
number={48},
pages={55-83},
doi={10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Ki-heung
TI - New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 48
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 55
EP - 83
SN - 1975-1621
AB - Since the late twentieth century, New Materialism has emerged as an influential current within Western philosophy. Discourse surrounding New Materialism, whether in support or critique, has primarily focused on its internal structures and commitments. I believe that complementing this inward-looking perspective with an outward-looking one can make the identity and significance of New Materialism clearer and more vivid. Against this backdrop, I aim to explore the identity and status of New Materialism by juxtaposing it with Correlationism, a paradigm that stands in stark opposition to it. My discussion will proceed perspectivally. First, I'll briefly survey how dichotomous or binary modes of thought such as subject-object, mind-matter, idealism-materialism, and epistemology- ontology have historically risen and fallen in Western philosophy, serving as the conceptual background for the contrast between Correlationism and New Materialism.
Subsequently, I examine these two traditions in a comparative manner. In the history of Western thought since modernity, if Correlationism can be considered the thesis, then New Materialism is arguably the antithesis. This indicates a strong confrontational aspect between the two intellectual currents. In such a situation, there might be a tendency to choose one over the other. However, I propose the need to approach these two philosophical currents not as a matter of selective choice, but in terms of mutual complementation.
KW - New Materialism;Speculative Realism;Correlationism;Subject-Object Relation;Idealism-Materialism Debate
DO - 10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
ER -
Lee, Ki-heung. (2025). New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 48, 55-83.
Lee, Ki-heung. 2025, "New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.48, pp.55-83. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
Lee, Ki-heung "New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 48 pp.55-83 (2025) : 55.
Lee, Ki-heung. New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-. 2025; 48 : 55-83. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
Lee, Ki-heung. "New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.48(2025) : 55-83.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
Lee, Ki-heung. New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 48, 55-83. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
Lee, Ki-heung. New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2025; 48 55-83. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
Lee, Ki-heung. New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-. 2025; 48 : 55-83. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
Lee, Ki-heung. "New Materialism and Correlationism-Beyond Antagonism Towards Synergy-" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.48(2025) : 55-83.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2025..48.003
