Process and difference : between cosmological and poststructuralist postmodernisms / edited by Catherine Keller and Anne Daniell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keller, Catherine, 1953-

Daniell, Anne, 1965-

Series:

SUNY series in constructive postmodern thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Process philosophy.

Poststructuralism.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 272 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Summary:

The similarities and creative tensions between French-based poststructuralism and Whiteheadian process thought are examined here by leading scholars. Although both approaches are labeled "postmodern," their own proponents often take them to be so dissimilar as to be opposed. Contributors to this book, however, argue that processing these differences of theory at a deeper level may cultivate fertile and innovative modes of reflection. Through their comparisons, contrasts, and hybridizations of process and poststructuralist theories, the contributors variously redefine concepts of divinity and cosmos, advance the interaction between science and religion, and engage the sex/gender and religious ethics of otherness and subjectivity.

Contents:

1 The Roots of Postmodernism: Schelling, Process Philosophy, and Poststructuralism / Arran Gare 31

2 Process and Chaosmos: The Whiteheadian Fold in the Discourse of Difference / Catherine Keller 55

3 Whitehead, Deconstruction, and Postmodernism / Luis G. Pedraja 73

4 Whitehead and the Critique of Logocentrism / Joseph A. Bracken, S.J. 91

5 Unconforming Becomings: The Significance of Whitehead's Novelty and Butler's Subversion for the Repetitions of Lesbian Identity and the Expansion of the Future / Christian K. Hutchins 111

6 Figuring Subjectivity for Grounded Transformations: A Critical Comparison of Rosi Braidotti's and John Cobb's Figurations / Anne Daniell 147

7 Processing Henry Nelson Wieman: Creative Interchange among Naturalism, Postmodernism, and Religious Valuing / Carol Wayne White 167

8 A Whiteheadian Chaosmos? Process Philosophy from a Deleuzean Perspective / Tim Clark 191

9 De-Ontologizing God: Levinas, Deleuze, and Whitehead / Roland Faber 209

10 Beyond Conversation: The Risks of Peace / Isabelle Stengers 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791452875

0791452883

OCLC:

46872297