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Butler on Whitehead by Catherine Keller

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Part of Contemporary Whitehead Studies series

Summary

Considered together, Butler and Whitehead draw from a wide palette of disciplines to develop distinctive theories of becoming, of syntactical violence, and creative opportunities of limitation. The contributors of this volume offer a unique contribution to and for the humanities in the struggles of politics, economy, ecology, and the arts

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Butler on Whitehead by Catherine Keller

This volume is based on the first set of formal conversations which brings together the dynamic philosophies of two eminent thinkers: Judith Butler and Alfred North Whitehead. Each has drawn from a wide palette of disciplines to develop distinctive theories of becoming, of syntactical violence, and creative opportunities of limitation. In bringing together internationally renowned interpreters of Butler and Whitehead from a variety of fields and disciplines--philosophy, rhetoric, gender and queer studies, religion, literary and political theory--the editors hope to set a standard for the relevance of interdisciplinary philosophical discourse today. This volume offers a unique contribution to and for the humanities in the struggles of politics, economy, ecology, and the arts, by reaching beyond their closed circles toward understandings that may serve as the basis for the activation of humanity today. Considered together, Butler and Whitehead delineate a whole new cadre of approaches to long-standing problems as well as never-before asked questions in the humanities.

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Samuel Johnson criticized Metaphysical poetry for its 'violent juxtapositions' He was right in the characterization, wrong in the judgment. Is Butler a Whiteheadian? No. Is Whitehead proto-Butlerian? No. Is it ever appropriate to speak of them together? Hell yes! The present volume, a 21st-century Metaphysical poem, sets the parameters for this timely conversation and brilliantly starts the ball rolling! -- Steven Meyer, Washington University in St. Louis

Roland Faber is the Kilsby Family/John B. Cobb, Jr. Professor of Process Studies, as well as the executive co-director of the Center for Process Studies and executive director of the Whitehead Research Project, which was founded in 2007.
Michael Halewood is senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Essex.
Deena M. Lin is a Ph.D candidate in philosophy of religion and theology at the Claremont Graduate University.

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ISBN 13 9780739172766
ISBN 10 073917276X
Title Butler on Whitehead
Author Catherine Keller
Series Contemporary Whitehead Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published 2012-03-22
Number of pages 334
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