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Beyond Bergson : Examining Race and Colonialism through the Writings of Henri Bergson
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Building upon recent interest in Henri Bergson's social and political philosophy, this volume offers a series of fresh and novel perspectives on Bergson's writings through the lenses of critical philosophy of race and decolonial theory. Contributors place Bergson's work in conversation with theorists from Africa, the African Diaspora, and Latin America to examine Bergson's influence on literature, science studies, aesthetics, metaphysics, and social and political philosophy within these geopolitical contexts. The volume pays particular attention to both theoretical and practical forms of critical resistance work, including historical analyses of anti-racist, anti-imperialist, and anti-capitalist movements that have engaged with Bergson's writings--for example, the Négritude movement, the Indigenismo movement, and the Peruvian Socialist Party. These historical and theoretical intersections provide a timely and innovative contribution to the existing scholarship on Bergson, and demonstrate the importance of his thought for contemporary social and political issues.
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Product details
- Hardback | 274 pages
- 152 x 229 x 25mm | 227g
- 01 May 2019
- State University of New York Press
- Albany, NY, United States
- English
- Total Illustrations: 0
- 1438473516
- 9781438473512
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"I found each of the authors' contributions to be valuable and insightful ... this book would make an invaluable contribution to the library of any Bergson scholar, and those interested in the philosophy of race, or philosophy of liberation, among others." -- John W. August III, Eidos
"This is a valuable resource for scholars of Bergson, race, and colonialism." -- CHOICE
"This is an exceptionally strong volume that excites and inspires the philosophical imagination; it shows the centrality of questions of race and gender to philosophical inquiry and appropriation." -- Keith Ansell-Pearson, author of Bergson: Thinking Beyond the Human Condition
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"This is a valuable resource for scholars of Bergson, race, and colonialism." -- CHOICE
"This is an exceptionally strong volume that excites and inspires the philosophical imagination; it shows the centrality of questions of race and gender to philosophical inquiry and appropriation." -- Keith Ansell-Pearson, author of Bergson: Thinking Beyond the Human Condition
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About Leonard Lawlor
Andrea J. Pitts is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Mark William Westmoreland is a doctoral candidate and instructor of ethics and philosophy at Villanova University.
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