Bergson, politics, and religion
By: Alexandre Lefebvre and Melanie White, editors
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780822352563; 9780822352754
Subjects: Religion; Political and social views
Description: Henri Bergson is primarily known for his work on time, memory, and creativity. His equally innovative interventions into politics and religion have, however, been neglected or dismissed until now. In the first book in English dedicated to Bergson as a political thinker, leading Bergson scholars illuminate his positions on core concerns within political philosophy: the significance of emotion in moral judgment, the relationship between biology and society, and the entanglement of politics and religion. Ranging across Bergson's writings but drawing mainly on his last book, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, the contributors consider Bergson's relevance to contemporary discussions of human rights, democratic pluralism, and environmental ethics. Contributors. Keith Ansell-Pearson, G. William Barnard, Claire Colebrook, Hisashi Fujita, Suzanne Guerlac, Vladimir Jankelevitch, Frederic Keck, Leonard Lawlor, Alexandre Lefebvre, Paola Marrati, John Mullarkey, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Carl Power, Philippe Soulez, Jim Urpeth, Melanie White, Frederic Worms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The closed and the open in the two sources of morality and religion : a distinction that changes everything / Frédéric Worms; title: Bergson, the void, and the politics of life / Suzanne Guerlac; title: Equally circular : Bergson and the vague inventions of politics / John Mullarkey; title: The art of the future / Claire Colebrook; title: Bergson as philosopher of war and theorist of the political / Philippe Soulez; title: Anarchy and analogy : the violence of language in Bergson and Sorel / Hisashi Fujita; title: Asceticism and sexuality : "cheating nature" in Bergson's The two sources of morality and religion / Leonard Lawlor; title: Creative freedom : Henri Bergson and democratic theory / Paulina Ochoa Espejo; title: Bergson's critique of practical reason / Carl Power; title: Bergson and human rights / Alexandre Lefebvre; title: Bergson and Judaism / Vladimir Jankélévitch; title: Bergson and Nietzsche on religion : critique, immanence, and affirmation / Keith Ansell-Pearson and Jim Urpeth; title: Assurance and confidence in the two sources of morality and religion: a sociological interpretation of the distinction between static religion and dynamic religion / Frédéric Keck; title: Tuning into other worlds : Henri Bergson and the radio reception theory of consciousness / G. William Barnard; title: James, Bergson, and an open universe / Paola Marrati.