The nick of time
Subtitle: politics, evolution, and the untimely
By: Elizabeth Grosz
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Crows Nest, NSW
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9781741151701
Subjects: Evolution; PHILOSOPHY; Human body; Time; Philosophy; Humanism; Movements
Description: Focusing on the work of Darwin, Nietzsche and Bergson, showing its relevance to cultural and social theory influential theorist Elizabeth Grosz investigates the social and political implications of evolutionary change.
Notes: Title from e-book title screen (viewed Dec. 10, 2004).
Table of contents: title: Title page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: To the Untimely; 1 Darwinian Matters: Life, Force, and Change; 2 Biological Difference; 3. The Evolution of Sex and Race; 4 Nietzsche's Darwin; 5 History and the Untimely; 6 The Eternal Return and the Overman; 7 Bergsonian Difference; 8 The Philosopher of Life; 9 Intuition and the Virtual; Conclusion: The Future; Notes; References; Index.