Gilbert Simondon: Being and Technology - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0748677216 ISBN 13: 9780748677214

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

The first sustained exploration of Simondon's work to be published in English. This collection of essays, including one by Simondon himself, outlines the central tenets of Simondon's thought, the implication of his thought for numerous disciplines and his relationship to other thinkers such as Heidegger, Deleuze and Canguilhem.Complete with a contextualising introduction and a glossary of technical terms, it offers an entry point to this important thinker and will appeal to people working in philosophy, philosophy of science, media studies, social theory and political philosophy.Gilbert Simondon's work has recently come to prominence in America and around the Anglophone world, having been of great importance in France for many years.

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Recensione:

This is a most welcome volume on Gilbert Simondon, featuring essays by some of the finest theorists working today. It nicely complements the translation into English of Simondon's key texts and can be highly recommended to those working in the humanities and social sciences and looking for new models of thought. --Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick

L'autore:

Arne De Boever teaches American Studies in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts.

Alex Murray is Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter.

Jon Roffe is Mackenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne.

Ashley Woodward is Lecturer at the University of Dundee.

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• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0748677216
• ISBN 13: 9780748677214
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 236
• Redattore: De Boever Arne, Murray Alex, Roffe Jon, Woodward Ashley