| A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory: Tracing a Culture of Thought Contributor(s): Halewood, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783080698 ISBN-13: 9781783080694 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Analytic - Philosophy | Social - Social Science | Methodology |
| Dewey: 300.1 |
| Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The contemporary importance of A. N. Whitehead (1861-1947) lies in his direct yet productive challenge to the culture of thought inherent in modernity, a challenge that suffuses science, social theory and philosophy alike. Unlike some of the more destructive aspects of postmodernism and poststructuralism, Whitehead's diagnosis of the conceptual fault lines of the modern era does not entail a passive relativism. Instead, he calls for a renewal of our concepts, offering a positive, philosophical approach based on becoming, relativity, and a reconception of subjectivity and the social. This book outlines Whitehead's philosophy, using it to reorient a range of specific questions and topics within contemporary social theory. |