Dividuations - Theories of Participation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book offers an epistemological critique of the concept of the individual and of individuality. It argues that because of our bio(techno)logical entanglements with non-human others, billions of microorganisms and our multiple (in)voluntary participations in socio(techno)logical processes, we have to conceive of ourselves no longer as individuals, but as dividuations. This dividual character which enforces simultaneous and multidirectional participations in different spheres is also apt for other living beings, for entities such as the nation state, for single cultures, production processes and works of art. The critique of individuality in the book is also elaborated in critical re-readings of classical philosophical texts from Plato up to today; the new concept of dividuation is a modified and semantically enriched version of certain concepts of the French philosophers Gilbert Simondon and Gilles Deleuze.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	March 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Michaela Ott
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	254
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-72013-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-72013-9
Barcode:	9783319720135

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