1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996234747603316

Autore

Laruelle François

Titolo

Theory of Identities / / François Laruelle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-231-54145-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EdlebiAlyosha

Disciplina

111.82

Soggetti

Philosophy

Science - Philosophy

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Electronic books.

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition: Retrospection (2014) -- Preface to the French Edition (1992) -- Introduction: Science, Identity, Fractality -- Part I. The Essence of Science -- 1. Science: A Nonepistemological Description -- 2. Non-philosophy: A Scientific Reform of the Understanding -- Part II. Theory of Generalized Fractality -- 3. Of Determination-in-the-Last-Instance as Destruction of the Principle of Sufficient Determination -- 4. The Concepts of Generalized Fractality and Chaos -- Part III. Principles of an Artificial Philosophy -- 5. Unified Theory of Thought -- 6. The Concept of an Artificial Philosophy -- 7. The Fractal Modeling of Philosophy -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

François Laruelle proposes a theory of identity rooted in scientific notions of symmetry and chaos, emancipating thought from the philosophical paradigm of Being and reconnecting it with the real world. Unlike most contemporary philosophers, Laruelle does not believe language, history, and the world shape identity but that identity determines our relation to these phenomena. Both critical and constructivist, Theory of Identities finds fault with contemporary philosophy's reductive relation to science and its attachment to notions of singularity, difference, and multiplicity, which extends this crude



approach. Laruelle's new theory of science, its objects, and philosophy, introduces an original vocabulary to elaborate the concepts of determination, fractality, and artificial philosophy, among other ideas, grounded in an understanding of the renewal of identity. Laruelle's work repairs the rift between philosophical and scientific inquiry and rehabilitates the concept of identity that continental philosophers have widely criticized. His argument positions him clearly against Deleuze, Badiou, the new materialists, and other thinkers who stray too far from empirical approaches that might revitalize philosophy's practical applications.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808365803321

Autore

Squiers Anthony

Titolo

An introduction to the social and political philosophy of Bertolt Brecht : revolution and aesthetics / / Anthony Squiers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; New York, New York : , : Rodopi, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9789401211819 (e-book)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Consciousness, literature & the arts, , 1573-2193 ; ; 44

Disciplina

832.912

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material -- Introduction -- Brecht’s Ethics of Praxis -- Consciousness, Cognition and the Altering of Socio-temporal Order -- Eidetic Reduction and Contradiction -- Rethinking Brecht’s Split Character: Dialectics, Social Ontology and Literary Technique -- Brecht’s Dialectics of Enlightenment -- Primary and Secondary Contradictions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Brecht’s Works and Characters -- Index of Terms -- Brecht Chronology.

Sommario/riassunto

Bertolt Brecht is widely considered one of the most important figures in Twentieth Century literature. While there is a broad corpus of scholarship which analyzes the formalistic elements of Brecht’s work, much of this has been limited by formalistic approaches and has



neglected his unique contributions to Marxist philosophy. This book serves to remedy this by reconstructing Brecht’s social and political philosophy into a single theoretical framework for the first time. It presents Brecht’s thought in context of a revolutionary Marxist aesthetic and explores his vision of consciousness as it relates to historical materialism, the dialectic of enlightenment, social ontology, epistemology and ethics. This is accomplished by meticulous readings of his theoretical writings and close analysis of three important plays, The Good Woman of Setzuan , Life of Galileo , and his adaption of Coriolanus . In doing so, this book reveals Brecht’s relevance today for anyone interested in politics and aesthetics.