II. Subject–Object Dichotomy

Rosa’s ambition to overcome the subject–object dichotomy is a laudable endeavour. Yet, his approach would benefit from spelling out what it has added to previous attempts at challenging and going beyond traditional dichotomies, which are deeply ingrained in large parts of Western intellectual thought. To this end, it needs to provide a meticulous examination of the multiple ways in which our immersion in everyday life rises above traditional dichotomies, which are problematic in that they portray clear-cut conceptual distinctions as entirely separate ontological realms.