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New Book: The Allure of Things

The Allure of Things: Process and Object in Contemporary Philosophy, Roland Faber and Andrew Goffey, eds., (Lanham, MD: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014) contests the view that metaphysics is something to be overcome. By focusing on process and object oriented ontology (OOO) and rejecting the privileging of human existence over the existence of non-human objects, this collection… Read More New Book: The Allure of Things

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New Book: The Allure of Things

Available from Bloomsbury Academic Publishing Amazon The Allure of Things: Process and Object in Contemporary Philosophy Roland Faber and Andrew Goffey, eds. (Lanham, MD: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014) The Allure of Things: Process and Object in Contemporary Philosophy contests the view that metaphysics is something to be overcome. By focusing on process and object oriented ontology… Read More New Book: The Allure of Things

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New Book: Beyond Superlatives

Beyond Superlatives: Regenerating Whitehead’s Philosophy of Experience, R. Faber, J. R. Hustwit, and H. Phelps, eds., (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014) is a collection of essays, drawn from the latest generation of Whitehead scholars, that explores how, in the deconstruction of certain concepts, an unceasing invitation of possibility and change is released, both in relation to… Read More New Book: Beyond Superlatives

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New Book: Beyond Superlatives

Available from Cambridge Scholars Publishing Amazon Beyond Superlatives: Regenerating Whitehead’s Philosophy of Experience Roland Faber, J. R. Hustwit, and Hollis Phelps, eds. (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014) This collection of essays, drawn from the latest generation of Whitehead scholars, explores how, in the deconstruction of certain concepts, an unceasing invitation of possibility and… Read More New Book: Beyond Superlatives

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New Book: Foundations of Relational Realism

The Contemporary Whitehead Studies series is pleased to announce its third volume: Foundations of Relational Realism: Quantum Mechanics, Category Theory, and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. Forthcoming in 2013, in this unique two-part volume, designed to be comprehensible by both specialists and non-specialists, the authors demonstrate that the decoherent histories interpretation of quantum mechanics,… Read More New Book: Foundations of Relational Realism

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New Book: Butler on Whitehead

We are pleased to announce the second volume of the Contemporary Whitehead Studies series: Butler on Whitehead: On the Occasion. This volume is based on the first set of formal conversations which brings together the dynamic philosophies of two eminent thinkers: Judith Butler and Alfred North Whitehead. READ MORE »

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New Books: Nature and Logos; Whitehead and Social Theory

A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory: Tracing a Culture of Thought by Michael Halewood “This book outlines Whitehead’s philosophy, using it to reorient a range of specific questions and topics within contemporary social theory, namely: the relation of language and the body; the relationship between the individual and society; sexual difference; conceptions of nature; the… Read More New Books: Nature and Logos; Whitehead and Social Theory

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New Books: Secrets of Becoming; Event and Decision

Roland Faber is pleased to announce the publication of Secrets of Becoming: Negotiating Whitehead, Deleuze, and Butler, Roland Faber and Andrea M. Stephenson, eds., (New York: Fordham University Press, 2010) Event and Decision: Ontology and Politics in Badiou, Deleuze, and Whitehead, Roland Faber, Henry Krips, and Daniel. Pettus, eds., Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010)