Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence

TRAMA

This is a book about evolution from a post-Darwinian perspective. It recounts the core ideas of French philosopher Henri Bergson and his rediscovery and legacy in the poststructuralist critical philosophies of the 1960s, and explores the confluences of these ideas with those of complexity theory in environmental biology.

SOMMARIO

1. Introduction2. Bergson's Core Ideas3. Bergson Redux4. Systems Theory Grows Up5. Durée Compléxe6. Creative Emergence

AUTORE

David Kreps is a sociologist of technology and philosopher of science. He is Senior Editor of the journal Information Technology and People, author of papers and conference presentations on social Information systems, and is editor of Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781137412195
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: IX, 238 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 238
• Pagine Romane: ix