Rethinking Whitehead’s Symbolism: Thought, Language, Culture

Roland Faber; Jeffrey A. Bell; Joseph Petek

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2017

Rethinking Whitehead’s Symbolism

Thought, Language, Culture

Roland Faber , Jeffrey A. Bell and Joseph Petek

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474429580

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About this book

Explores the contemporary significance of Alfred North Whitehead’s 1927 book Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect

This collection of 11 essays form a new examination of Whitehead’s Barbour-Page lectures, which were published as the book Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect in 1927. Leading Whitehead scholars give you exciting insights into the contemporary implications of Whitehead's symbolism in an era of new scientific, cultural and technological developments. As a result, Whitehead's philosophy is reinvigorated in the context of contemporary discussions and debates.

This volume also serves as a critical point of entry into Whitehead’s more lengthy and complex work such as Process and Reality, and to his body of work as a whole.

Contributors

Jeffrey Bell, Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University
Roland Faber, Kilsby Family/John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor of Process Studies at Claremont School of Theology, Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Claremont Graduate University, Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies and Executive Director of the Whitehead Research Project
Michael Halewood, Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex
Luke Higgins, Lecturer in Philosophy at Armstrong University
Catherine Keller, Professor of Constructive Theology and Henry Luce Fellow at the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion at Drew University
Sheri Kling, Doctoral Candidate in Process Thought at Claremont School of Theology
Hyo-Dong Lee, Associate Professor of Comparative Theology at the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion at Drew University
Beatrice Marovich, Writer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Hanover College
Adam Nocek, Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology and Science and Technology Studies in the School of Arts, Media + Engineering at Arizona State University
Joseph Petek, Doctoral Student in Process Thought at Claremont School of Theology, Chief Archivist of the Whitehead Research Project, Assistant Series Editor for the Critical Edition of Whitehead and English Coordinator for the Balkan Journal of Philosophy
Keith Robinson, Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Steven Shaviro, DeRoy Professor of English at Wayne State University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Joseph Petek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Perception and Paradox
1 Whitehead on Causality and Perception Steven Shaviro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 Originary Symbolism: Whitehead, Deleuze and the Process View on Perception Keith Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3 Uniting Earth to the Blue of Heaven Above: Strange Attractors in Whitehead’s Symbolism Roland Faber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
Part II Adventures in Culture and Value
4 The Inhumanity of Symbolism Michael Halewood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5 Reverence, Revision and Creaturely Life: Whitehead’s Political Theology of Enjoyment Beatrice Marovich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
6 Ren and Causal Efficacy: Confucians and Whitehead on the Social Role of Symbolism Hyo-Dong Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
7 Avoiding a Fatal Error: Extending Whitehead’s Symbolism Beyond Language Sheri D. Kling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Part III Misplaced Concreteness in Ethics and Science
8 A Dog’s Life: Thought, Symbols and Concepts Jeffrey Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
9 From Manipulation to Co-creation: Whitehead on the Ethics of Symbol-Making Luke B. Higgins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
10 On Symbols, Propositions and Idiocies: Towards a Slow Technoscience A. J. Nocek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
11 Of Symbolism: Climate Concreteness, Causal Efficacy and the Whiteheadian Cosmopolis Catherine Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: September 3, 2017
ISBN: 9781474429580