Bergson, politics, and religion / Alexandre Lefebvre and Melanie White, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lefebvre, Alexandre, 1979-

White, Melanie Allison, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941--Political and social views.

Bergson, Henri.

Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bergson, Politics, and Religion examines the political and religious dimensions of the work of philosopher Henri Bergson. Although best known for his ideas on the nature of time, memory, and evolution, in his final book-The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932)-Bergson turned his attention to questions of war, moral duty, and spirituality. The essays in this volume reflect on Bergson as a distinctly political thinker and revitalize his ideas for contemporary political philosophy. Contributors include Keith Ansell-Pearson, Claire Colebrook, Leonard Lawlor, Paola Marrati

Contents:

The closed and the open in the two sources of morality and religion : a distinction that changes everything / Frédéric Worms

Bergson, the void, and the politics of life / Suzanne Guerlac

Equally circular : Bergson and the vague inventions of politics / John Mullarkey

The art of the future / Claire Colebrook

Bergson as philosopher of war and theorist of the political / Philippe Soulez

Anarchy and analogy : the violence of language in Bergson and Sorel / Hisashi Fujita

Asceticism and sexuality : "cheating nature" in Bergson's The two sources of morality and religion / Leonard Lawlor

Creative freedom : Henri Bergson and democratic theory / Paulina Ochoa Espejo

Bergson's critique of practical reason / Carl Power

Bergson and human rights / Alexandre Lefebvre

Bergson and Judaism / Vladimir Jankélévitch

Bergson and Nietzsche on religion : critique, immanence, and affirmation / Keith Ansell-Pearson and Jim Urpeth

Assurance and confidence in the two sources of morality and religion: a sociological interpretation of the distinction between static religion and dynamic religion / Frédéric Keck

Tuning into other worlds : Henri Bergson and the radio reception theory of consciousness / G. William Barnard

James, Bergson, and an open universe / Paola Marrati.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613854483

9781283542036

128354203X

9780822395423

0822395428

OCLC:

803973022