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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784518403321

Autore

Lawlor Leonard <1954->

Titolo

The challenge of Bergsonism : phenomenology, ontology, ethics / Leonard Lawlor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2004

ISBN

1-4725-4756-X

1-281-29889-1

9786611298890

1-84714-178-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Ontology

Phenomenology

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface: Memory and Life; Chapter One: The Concept of the Image: Phenomenology; Chapter Two: The Concept of Memory: Ontology; Chapter Three: The Concept of Sense: Ethics; Conclusion: Think in Terms of Duration; Appendix I: The Point where Memory Turns Back into Life: An Investigation of Bergson's The Two Sources of Morality and Religion; Appendix II: English Translation of Jean Hyppolite's 1949 'Aspects divers de la mémoire chez Bergson' ('Various Aspects of Memory in Bergson'), translated; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The Challenge of Bergsonism explores how Bergsonism questions our ways of thinking, particularly the concept of reality, and ultimately demands a return to ethics. The book also includes the first English translation of Jean Hyppolite's highly influential essay, Various Aspects of Memory in Bergson."--Bloomsbury Publishing

The Challenge of Bergsonism explores how Bergsonism questions our ways of thinking, particularly the concept of reality, and ultimately demands a return to ethics. The book also includes the first English translation of Jean Hyppolite's highly influential essay, "Various Aspects



of Memory in Bergson"