The Resource A.N. Whitehead and Social Theory : Tracing a Culture of Thought
A.N. Whitehead and Social Theory : Tracing a Culture of Thought
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- Summary
- This book outlines A.N. Whitehead's philosophy of process and uses it to re-orient a range of topics within social theory, namely: the relation of language and the body; sexual difference and conceptions of nature; the question of realism; the concept of the social; and capitalism as process
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (198 pages)
- Contents
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- Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Main Matter; Chapter One: A CULTURE OF THOUGHT -- THEBIFURCATION OF NATURE; Metaphysics and Sociology; A Culture of Thought -- The Bifurcation of Nature; Philosophy, Science and Contemporary Thought; Chapter Two: INTRODUCING WHITEHEAD'S PHILOSOPHY -- THE LURE OF WHITEHEAD; Subjects and Experience; Actual Entities; Prehensions; Power; Relativity; Creativity; Chapter Three: 'A THOROUGH-GOING REALISM' -- WHITEHEAD ON CAUSE AND CONFORMATION; The Problem of Cause; Realism and Transcendence
- Cause and Conformation in WhiteheadPresentational Immediacy; Causal Efficacy; Conformation; Chapter Four: THE VALUE OF EXISTENCE; Facts, Values and the Nineteenth Century; Whitehead on Value; What is an Eternal Object?; Chapter Five: SOCIETIES, THE SOCIAL AND SUBJECTIVITY; The Birth of the Social; Sociology and Sociality -- Defining the Terms; Whitehead on Societies; The Individual and Society; Subjectivity and Individuality; Subjective Aim; Conclusion; Chapter Six: LANGUAGE AND THE BODY -- FROM SIGNIFICATION TO SYMBOLISM; The Problem of Language and the Body -- The Problem of Signification
- Symbolism and Symbolic ReferenceSymbolism, Language and the Body; Chapter Seven: THIS NATURE WHICH IS NOT ONE; Reapproaching Sexual Difference; Whitehead and Irigaray on the Problem of the 'One'; Nature is at least Two; Difference and Opposition; Gender and the Process of Becoming. The "Withness of the Body"; Conclusion; Chapter Eight: CAPITALISM, PROCESS AND ABSTRACTION; Marx on Capitalism; Abstractions in the Head; Abstractions in Reality; Value-Form; Conclusion; Back Matter; NOTES; Chapter One: A Culture of Thought -- The Bifurcation of Nature
- Chapter Two: Introducing Whitehead's Philosophy -The Lure of WhiteheadChapter Three: 'A Thorough-Going Realism' -- Whitehead On Cause and Conformation; Chapter Four: The Value of Existence; Chapter Five: Societies, the Social and Subjectivity; Chapter Six: Language and the Body -- From Signification to Symbolism; Chapter Seven: This Nature Which Is Not One; Chapter Eight: Capitalism, Process and Abstraction; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Isbn
- 9780857283986
- Label
- A.N. Whitehead and Social Theory : Tracing a Culture of Thought
- Title
- A.N. Whitehead and Social Theory
- Title remainder
- Tracing a Culture of Thought
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book outlines A.N. Whitehead's philosophy of process and uses it to re-orient a range of topics within social theory, namely: the relation of language and the body; sexual difference and conceptions of nature; the question of realism; the concept of the social; and capitalism as process
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Halewood, Michael
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Key Issues in Modern Sociology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Whitehead, Alfred North
- Whitehead, Alfred North
- Social sciences
- Sociology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- PHILOSOPHY
- Social sciences
- Sociology
- Label
- A.N. Whitehead and Social Theory : Tracing a Culture of Thought
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Main Matter; Chapter One: A CULTURE OF THOUGHT -- THEBIFURCATION OF NATURE; Metaphysics and Sociology; A Culture of Thought -- The Bifurcation of Nature; Philosophy, Science and Contemporary Thought; Chapter Two: INTRODUCING WHITEHEAD'S PHILOSOPHY -- THE LURE OF WHITEHEAD; Subjects and Experience; Actual Entities; Prehensions; Power; Relativity; Creativity; Chapter Three: 'A THOROUGH-GOING REALISM' -- WHITEHEAD ON CAUSE AND CONFORMATION; The Problem of Cause; Realism and Transcendence
- Cause and Conformation in WhiteheadPresentational Immediacy; Causal Efficacy; Conformation; Chapter Four: THE VALUE OF EXISTENCE; Facts, Values and the Nineteenth Century; Whitehead on Value; What is an Eternal Object?; Chapter Five: SOCIETIES, THE SOCIAL AND SUBJECTIVITY; The Birth of the Social; Sociology and Sociality -- Defining the Terms; Whitehead on Societies; The Individual and Society; Subjectivity and Individuality; Subjective Aim; Conclusion; Chapter Six: LANGUAGE AND THE BODY -- FROM SIGNIFICATION TO SYMBOLISM; The Problem of Language and the Body -- The Problem of Signification
- Symbolism and Symbolic ReferenceSymbolism, Language and the Body; Chapter Seven: THIS NATURE WHICH IS NOT ONE; Reapproaching Sexual Difference; Whitehead and Irigaray on the Problem of the 'One'; Nature is at least Two; Difference and Opposition; Gender and the Process of Becoming. The "Withness of the Body"; Conclusion; Chapter Eight: CAPITALISM, PROCESS AND ABSTRACTION; Marx on Capitalism; Abstractions in the Head; Abstractions in Reality; Value-Form; Conclusion; Back Matter; NOTES; Chapter One: A Culture of Thought -- The Bifurcation of Nature
- Chapter Two: Introducing Whitehead's Philosophy -The Lure of WhiteheadChapter Three: 'A Thorough-Going Realism' -- Whitehead On Cause and Conformation; Chapter Four: The Value of Existence; Chapter Five: Societies, the Social and Subjectivity; Chapter Six: Language and the Body -- From Signification to Symbolism; Chapter Seven: This Nature Which Is Not One; Chapter Eight: Capitalism, Process and Abstraction; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn775301879
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (198 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780857283986
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786613426581
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 342658
- 22573/ctt1gwx6q6
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)775301879
- Label
- A.N. Whitehead and Social Theory : Tracing a Culture of Thought
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Main Matter; Chapter One: A CULTURE OF THOUGHT -- THEBIFURCATION OF NATURE; Metaphysics and Sociology; A Culture of Thought -- The Bifurcation of Nature; Philosophy, Science and Contemporary Thought; Chapter Two: INTRODUCING WHITEHEAD'S PHILOSOPHY -- THE LURE OF WHITEHEAD; Subjects and Experience; Actual Entities; Prehensions; Power; Relativity; Creativity; Chapter Three: 'A THOROUGH-GOING REALISM' -- WHITEHEAD ON CAUSE AND CONFORMATION; The Problem of Cause; Realism and Transcendence
- Cause and Conformation in WhiteheadPresentational Immediacy; Causal Efficacy; Conformation; Chapter Four: THE VALUE OF EXISTENCE; Facts, Values and the Nineteenth Century; Whitehead on Value; What is an Eternal Object?; Chapter Five: SOCIETIES, THE SOCIAL AND SUBJECTIVITY; The Birth of the Social; Sociology and Sociality -- Defining the Terms; Whitehead on Societies; The Individual and Society; Subjectivity and Individuality; Subjective Aim; Conclusion; Chapter Six: LANGUAGE AND THE BODY -- FROM SIGNIFICATION TO SYMBOLISM; The Problem of Language and the Body -- The Problem of Signification
- Symbolism and Symbolic ReferenceSymbolism, Language and the Body; Chapter Seven: THIS NATURE WHICH IS NOT ONE; Reapproaching Sexual Difference; Whitehead and Irigaray on the Problem of the 'One'; Nature is at least Two; Difference and Opposition; Gender and the Process of Becoming. The "Withness of the Body"; Conclusion; Chapter Eight: CAPITALISM, PROCESS AND ABSTRACTION; Marx on Capitalism; Abstractions in the Head; Abstractions in Reality; Value-Form; Conclusion; Back Matter; NOTES; Chapter One: A Culture of Thought -- The Bifurcation of Nature
- Chapter Two: Introducing Whitehead's Philosophy -The Lure of WhiteheadChapter Three: 'A Thorough-Going Realism' -- Whitehead On Cause and Conformation; Chapter Four: The Value of Existence; Chapter Five: Societies, the Social and Subjectivity; Chapter Six: Language and the Body -- From Signification to Symbolism; Chapter Seven: This Nature Which Is Not One; Chapter Eight: Capitalism, Process and Abstraction; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn775301879
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (198 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780857283986
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786613426581
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 342658
- 22573/ctt1gwx6q6
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)775301879
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