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Reflections on Time and Politics

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Description for Reflections on Time and Politics Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, charts. BIC Classification: HP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.

Recent philosophical debates have moved beyond proclamations of the “death of philosophy” and the “death of the subject” to consider more positively how philosophy can be practiced and the human self can be conceptualized today. Inspired by the writings of Nietzsche, Bergson, and Deleuze, rapid changes related to globalization, and advances in evolutionary biology and neuroscience, these debates have generated a renewed focus on time as an active force of change and novelty. Rejecting simple linear models of time, these strands of thought have provided creative alternatives to a traditional reliance on fixed boundaries and stable identities that has proven ... Read more

Eighteen independent but interlinked reflections engage with ancient philosophy, mathematical theory, dialectics, psychoanalysis, archaeology, and genealogy. The book’s broad coverage and novel rereadings of key figures—including Aristotle, Bergson, Nietzsche, Foucault, and Deleuze—make this a unique rethinking of the nature of pluralism, multiplicity, and politics.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271033945
SKU
V9780271033945
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About Nathan Widder
Nathan Widder is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Reviews for Reflections on Time and Politics
“Nathan Widder’s book will be invaluable to those who see that classic theories of time insufficiently speak to the terms of contemporary politics. The style and organization of the book express the philosophy embraced. The engagements with Aristotle, Bergson, and Deleuze are compelling. And the intercalated explorations of sense, common sense, discontinuity, micropolitics, and ‘syntheses’ of time are superb.” ... Read more

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