Devouring One's Own Tail: Autopoiesis in Perspective - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 8024651319 ISBN 13 : 9788024651316

Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2023

Synopsis

Drawing on continental philosophy, Devouring One's Own Tail examines culture and society as a type of ouroboros.

Inspired by Niklas Luhmann's theories on social systems, this book examines the concept of autopoiesis, or self-creation, as it relates to society and culture. Approaching the concept from a variety of fields--philosophy, philology, aesthetics, linguistics, archaeology, and religious and media studies--the contributors present the products of humanity as self-referential, self-sustaining, and self-creating systems. Through four sections, the book addresses the philosophical concept of autopoiesis and its relations to creativity, destruction, and self-organization; autopoiesis in literature and art history; autopoiesis in religion; and autopoiesis in historiography, cognitive linguistics, and social media. Whether exploring Hegel's theory of knowledge or the viral spread of conspiracy theories on the internet, the authors concentrate on the ouroboros-like nature of their subjects in the ways they feed off of themselves.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Vojtěch Kolman is professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Charles University.

Tomás Murár is an art historian in the Department of Historiography and Theory of Art at the Czech Academy of Sciences

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8024651319
• ISBN 13: 9788024651316
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Éditeur: Kolman Vojtech, Murár Tomáš
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible