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Complementarity: Anti-Epistemology after Bohr and Derrida
Arkady Plotnitsky
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Many commentators have remarked in passing on the resonance between deconstructionist theory and certain ideas of quantum physics. In this book, Arkady Plotnitsky rigorously elaborates the similarities and differences between the two by focusing on the work of Niels Bohr and Jacques Derrida. In detailed considerations of Bohr’s notion of complementarity and his debates with Einstein, and in analysis of Derrida’s work via Georges Bataille’s concept of general economy, Plotnitsky demonstrates the value of exploring these theories in relation to each other.
Bohr’s term complementarity describes a situation, unavoidable in quantum physics, in which two theories thought to be ... Read more
Many commentators have remarked in passing on the resonance between deconstructionist theory and certain ideas of quantum physics. In this book, Arkady Plotnitsky rigorously elaborates the similarities and differences between the two by focusing on the work of Niels Bohr and Jacques Derrida. In detailed considerations of Bohr’s notion of complementarity and his debates with Einstein, and in analysis of Derrida’s work via Georges Bataille’s concept of general economy, Plotnitsky demonstrates the value of exploring these theories in relation to each other.
Bohr’s term complementarity describes a situation, unavoidable in quantum physics, in which two theories thought to be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822314370
SKU
V9780822314370
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About Arkady Plotnitsky
Arkady Plotnitsky holds degrees in Mathematics from the University of St. Petersburg and Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches in the English Department.
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