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UNINA9910461429803321 |
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Autore |
Halewood Michael |
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Titolo |
A.N. Whitehead and social theory : tracing a culture of thought / / Michael Halewood [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011 |
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1-78308-099-X |
1-283-42658-7 |
9786613426581 |
0-85728-398-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Key Issues in Modern Sociology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social sciences - Philosophy |
Sociology - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A culture of thought : the bifurcation of nature -- Introducing Whitehead's philosophy : the lure of Whitehead -- "A thorough-going realism": Whitehead on cause and conformation -- The value of existence -- Societies, the social, and subjectivity -- Language and the body : from signification to symbolism -- This nature which is not one -- Capitalism, process, and abstraction. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book outlines A.N. Whiteheads philosophy of process and uses it to re-orient a range of topics within social theory, namely: the relation of language and the body; sexual difference and conceptions of nature; the question of realism; the concept of the social; and capitalism as process. |
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