Bridging complexity and post-structuralism : insights and implications /: insights and implications. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Minka Woermann.
• Authors: Woermann, Minka
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Aims of€the€Study; 1.2 Philosophical Complexity; 1.3 Post-structuralism; 1.4 Methodology; 1.5 The Ethics of€Living and€the€Question of€the€Foreigner; 1.6 Chapter Synopses; 1.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Towards an€Understanding of€Philosophical Complexity; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cybernetics; 2.2.1 First-Order Cybernetics and€Information Theory; 2.2.2 Second-Order Cybernetics and€Autopoiesis; 2.2.3 Third-Order Cybernetics and€Artificial Life; 2.3 Cybernetics and€Philosophical Complexity; 2.4 General Systems Theory. 2.5 General Systems Theory and€Philosophical Complexity2.6 Philosophical Complexity and€Complexity Science, or the€Distinction Between€Complexity and€Complicatedness; 2.6.1 Complexity Science; 2.6.2 Complicated Versus Complex Systems; 2.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The Economy of€Complexity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Bataille; 3.2.1 The Restricted and€the€General Economy; 3.2.2 Hegel Versus Bataille, or Lordship Versus Sovereignty; 3.2.3 The Possibility of€Open Economies; 3.3 Nietzsche; 3.3.1 Nietzsche's Mensch and€Übermensch; 3.3.2 Nietzsche's Economy; 3.4 Derrida. 3.4.1 The Aporetic Nature of€Economy3.4.2 Examples of€Derrida's Double Logic; 3.4.2.1 Violence and€the€Gift; 3.4.2.2 The Relationship Between Law and€Justice, Ethics and€Politics; 3.4.3 Tying the€Knot Between€the€Restricted and€the€General Economy; 3.5 Nancy; 3.5.1 On Community; 3.5.2 On Thinking; 3.5.3 Nancy's Immanence; 3.6 Analysis; 3.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The Status and€Ethics of€Knowledge; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Foucault; 4.2.1 Foucault's Archaeology and€Genealogy; 4.2.2 Two Levels of€Modelling; 4.3 Derrida; 4.3.1 Deconstruction and Intervention. 4.3.2 Modelling and€the€Moment of€the€Decision4.4 Critical Complexity; 4.5 The Question of€the€Foreigner; 4.5.1 A Foreigner's Call; 4.5.2 Derrida: The Foreigner and€the€Aporia of€Hospitality; 4.5.3 Hospitality-Hostility; 4.6 The Ethics of€Modelling; 4.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Complex Identity and€Ethical-Political Responsibilities; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Levinas; 5.2.1 To the€Other; 5.2.2 The Problem of€Asymmetry; 5.3 Derrida; 5.3.1 The Question of€the€Animal; 5.3.2 Deconstructing Humanism; 5.3.3 A New Limit: Eating the€Good; 5.4 Nancy; 5.4.1 Nancy's Reading of€Heidegger's Mitsein. 5.4.2 Being as€Being-with and€the€Question of€Community5.5 The Foreigner That Intrudes; 5.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Ethics of€Living; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Derrida: (Im)Possible Experience as€Praxis; 6.3 Nancy: Originary Ethics as€Grounds for€Praxis; 6.4 The Status of€Philosophy; 6.5 Ethical Praxis and€Complexity; 6.5.1 Modesty and Openness; 6.5.2 Locking Eyes with€the€Stranger; 6.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Philosophical Complexity Revisited; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Systemic Openness; 7.3 Live from€Death / Die from€Life; 7.4 Autonomy/Dependence.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer Verlag
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 205 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 190; Philosophy, Modern -- 21st century; Complexity (Philosophy); Poststructuralism; PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General; PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern; Complexity (Philosophy); Philosophy, Modern; Poststructuralism; Philosophy; Ethics; Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319390475; 3319390473
• Related ISBNs: 9783319390451; 3319390457
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 7, 2016).
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