Adventures in transcendental materialism : dialogues with contemporary thinkers /
Since Bacon, Gallileo and Descartes in the early 17th century, the relations between science and religion as well as mind and body have remained volatile fault lines of conflict. The controversies surrounding these relations are as alive and pressing now as at any point over the course of the past f...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Speculative realism.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Since Bacon, Gallileo and Descartes in the early 17th century, the relations between science and religion as well as mind and body have remained volatile fault lines of conflict. The controversies surrounding these relations are as alive and pressing now as at any point over the course of the past four centuries. Adrian Johnston's transcendental materialism offers a new theoretical approach to these issues. Arming himself with resources provided by German idealism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, the life sciences and contemporary philosophical developments, Johnston formulates an account of subjectivity that, although being both materialist and naturalist, does full justice to human beings as irreducible to natural matter alone. At the same time he argues against relapses into idealisms, dualisms and spiritualisms. Adventures in Transcendental Materialism elaborates Johnston's position through critical engagements with some of today's most important thinkers including Slavoj ÅưiÅℓek, Alain Badiou, Catherine Malabou, Jean-Claude Milner, Martin HÃÞgglund, William Connolly, and Jane Bennett. Key Features. Critically engages with some of today's most important thinkers, including Slavoj ÅưiÅℓek, Alain Badiou, Catherine Malabou, Jean-Claude Milner, Martin HÃÞgglund, William Connolly and Jane Bennett Johnston is a collaborator and interlocutor with Badiou, ÅưiÅℓek, and Malabou, and this book contains material from ongoing debates between him and these three authors Combines Continental-style philosophy with the empirical sciences Split into 3 parts: I. ÅưiÅℓek: Dossier of an Ongoing Debate; II. Psychoanalysis: The Unconscious between Philosophy, Science and Religion; III. Politics: True and False Utopias |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 358 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-350) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748673308 074867330X |