The Lure of Whitehead / Nicholas Gaskill and A. J. Nocek, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaskill, Nicholas, 1981- editor.

Nocek, A. J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Whitehead, Alfred North.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Once largely ignored, the speculative philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead has assumed a new prominence in contemporary theory across the humanities and social sciences. Philosophers and artists, literary critics and social theorists, anthropologists and computer scientists have all embraced Whitehead's thought, extending it through inquiries into the nature of life, the problem of consciousness, and the ontology of objects, as well as into experiments in education and digital media.The Lure of Whitehead offers readers not only a comprehensive introduction to Whitehead's philosophy but also a

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. Speculation beyond the Bifurcation; 1. A Constructivist Reading of Process and Reality; 2. Scientism and the Modern World; 3. What Is the Style of Matters of Concern; 4. The Technics of Prehension; II. The Metaphysics of Creativity; 5. Whitehead's Involution of an Outside Chance; 6. Multiplicity and Mysticism; 7. The Event and the Occasion; 8. Whitehead and Schools X, Y, and Z; 9. Whitehead's Curse?; 10. Cutting Away from Smooth Space; III. Process Ecology; 11. Possessive Subjects; 12. Another Regard

13. Of ""Experiential Togetherness14. The Order of Nature and the Creation of Societies; 15. Imaginative Chemistry; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4320-6

OCLC:

893632524