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Inventive Life - Approaches to the New Vitalism (Hardcover, New): Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember, Celia Lury

Inventive Life - Approaches to the New Vitalism (Hardcover, New)

Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember, Celia Lury

Series: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

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This book demonstrates how and why vitalism - the idea that life cannot be explained by the principles of mechanism - matters now. Vitalism resists closure and reductionism in the life sciences whilst simultaneously addressing the object of life itself. The aim of this collection is to consider the questions that vitalism makes it possible to ask: questions about the role and status of life across the sciences, social sciences and humanities and questions about contingency, indeterminacy, relationality and change. All have special importance now, as the concepts of complexity, artificial life and artificial intelligence, information theory and cybernetics become increasingly significant in more and more fields of activity.

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Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Mariam Fraser • Sarah Kember • Celia Lury
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4129-2036-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4129-2036-1
Barcode:	9781412920360