Concrescence and Transition: Whitehead and the Process of Subjectivation - Couverture souple

Vanzago, Luca

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8869773825 ISBN 13 : 9788869773822

Editeur : Mimesis International, 2022

Synopsis

The book deals with the complex notion of process worked out by Alfred N. Whitehead, a notion that includes his deep revision of the concepts of time and space. Throughout his whole career, Whitehead emphasized the importance of process for the account of reality. The book discusses Whitehead's concept of process starting from his works in mathematics, logic and epistemology of the natural sciences, in order to pave the way for a better understanding of Whitehead's speculative philosophy. The focus is on the relationship between concrescence and transition, seen as deeply correlated and reciprocally determined. In this perspective, the book offers a reinterpretation of Whitehead's most enigmatic proposal: the event of subjectivity interpreted as a process of subjectivation. This poses the problem of the endurance of subjectivity. The book suggests that this problem is solved by Whitehead through is appropriation of Plato's notion of chora, seen as the "place" of a processual subject.

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À propos de l'auteur

Luca Vanzago is full professor of Theoretical Philosophy and Head of the Department of Humanities of Pavia University. His works deal with phenomenology and process philosophy. On these themes he published in 2017 The Voice of No One. Merleau-Ponty on Time and Nature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mimesis International
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8869773825
• ISBN 13: 9788869773822
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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