A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory: Tracing a Culture of Thought
Michael Halewood
The contemporary importance of A. N. Whitehead (1861–1947) lies in his direct yet productive challenge to the culture of thought inherent in modernity, a challenge that suffuses science, social theory and philosophy alike. Unlike some of the more destructive aspects of postmodernism and poststructuralism, Whitehead’s diagnosis of the conceptual fault lines of the modern era does not entail a passive relativism. Instead, he calls for a renewal of our concepts, offering a positive, philosophical approach based on becoming, relativity, and a reconception of subjectivity and the social. This book outlines Whitehead’s philosophy, using it to reorient a range of specific questions and topics within contemporary social theory.
年:
2011
出版社:
Anthem Press
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
0857287966
ISBN 13:
9780857287960
ISBN:
2011028421
系列:
Key Issues in Modern Sociology
文件:
PDF, 1.16 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011