@article{ART003224113},
author={Myung-Bo Lee},
title={The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2025},
volume={75},
pages={8}
TY - JOUR
AU - Myung-Bo Lee
TI - The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2025
VL - 75
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 8
EP -
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This paper aims to provide a deeper examination of the relationship between oppression and liberation with an analysis of the film Dogtooth. Focusing not only on the human subject but also on the roles of non-human objects such as space, material entities, frames, language, and temporality, it seeks to reinterpret the mechanisms of oppression and liberation within the complex network of interactions among these objects. To this end, the study adopts object-oriented ontology and dark ecology as its theoretical framework. Object-oriented ontology asserts that human and non-human objects possess equal ontological status and emphasizes that oppression and liberation emerge through the entanglement of various objects beyond a human-centered perspective. Dark ecology, in turn, understands such networks not as harmonious systems but as uncertain fields where oppression and liberation, order and chaos, intersect in complex ways, thereby revealing the instability and potential ruptures within oppressive structures. With this approach, the study offers a new ontological perspective on the mechanisms of oppression and liberation and proposes that contemporary structures of oppression can also be critically re-examined through the dynamic interactions of various objects.
KW - Dark Ecology;Film Dogtooth;Non-human Objects;Object-Oriented Ontology;Timothy Morton;Yorgos Lanthimos
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Myung-Bo Lee. (2025). The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 75, 8.
Myung-Bo Lee. 2025, "The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.75, 8.
Myung-Bo Lee "The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 75 8 (2025) : 8.
Myung-Bo Lee. The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression. 2025; 75 8.
Myung-Bo Lee. "The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 75(2025) : 8.
Myung-Bo Lee. The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 75, 8.
Myung-Bo Lee. The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2025; 75 8.
Myung-Bo Lee. The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression. 2025; 75 8.
Myung-Bo Lee. "The Ontological Role of Non-human Objects and the Mechanism of Oppression" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 75(2025) : 8.
