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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808692903321

Titolo

Inventive life : approaches to the new vitalism / / edited by Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember and Celia Lury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2006

ISBN

1-4739-7184-5

1-4462-1337-4

1-283-88185-3

1-4462-0278-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Altri autori (Persone)

FraserMariam

KemberSarah

LuryCelia

Disciplina

147

Soggetti

Vitalism

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published as Volume 22, Number 1 of Theory, Culture & Society"--T.p.verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism; On the Vitality of Vitalism; Information and Knowledge; Pharmaceutical Matters: The Invention of Informed Materials; The Performativity of Code: Software and Cultures of Circulation; 'Contemplating a Self-Portrait as a Pharmacist': A Trade Mark Style of Doing Art and Science; The New Economy, Property and Personhood; Computing the Human; Metamorphoses: The Myth of Evolutionary Possibility; Making Music Matter; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text demonstrates how and why vitalism - the idea that life cannot be explained by the principles of mechanism - matters now. It guides readers through the introduction of understanding of information, complexity and cybernetics in the economy science and art.