
Propositions in the Making
Experiments in a Whiteheadian Laboratory
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 13. November 2019
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-1-7936-1256-4 (ISBN)
Description
How do we make ourselves a Whiteheadian proposition? This question exposes the multivalent connections between postmodern thought and Whitehead's philosophy, with particular attention to his understanding of propositions.
Edited by Roland Faber, Michael Halewood, and Andrew M. Davis, Propositions in the Making articulates the newest reaches of Whiteheadian propositions for a postmodern world. It does so by activating interdisciplinary lures of feeling, living, and co-creating the world anew. Rather than a "logical assertion," Whitehead described a proposition as a "lure for feeling" for a collectivity to come. It cannot be reduced to the verbal content of logical justifications, but rather the feeling content of aesthetic valuations. In creatively expressing these propositions in wide relevance to existential, ethical, educational, theological, aesthetic, technological, and societal concerns, the contributors to this volume enact nothing short of "a Whiteheadian Laboratory."
Edited by Roland Faber, Michael Halewood, and Andrew M. Davis, Propositions in the Making articulates the newest reaches of Whiteheadian propositions for a postmodern world. It does so by activating interdisciplinary lures of feeling, living, and co-creating the world anew. Rather than a "logical assertion," Whitehead described a proposition as a "lure for feeling" for a collectivity to come. It cannot be reduced to the verbal content of logical justifications, but rather the feeling content of aesthetic valuations. In creatively expressing these propositions in wide relevance to existential, ethical, educational, theological, aesthetic, technological, and societal concerns, the contributors to this volume enact nothing short of "a Whiteheadian Laboratory."
Reviews / Votes
This book offers a variety of approaches to the understanding of Whitehead's theory of propositions. For Whitehead, a proposition is less a statement to be judged true or false, than it is a suggestion that proposes alternative ways of thinking, and encourages us to think about new possibilities. The essays in this volume look at the various ways -- some more concrete, and some more abstract -- that Whitehead offers us openings and opportunities for change. -- Steven Shaviro, emeritus professor of English, Wayne State University In essays that dance Whitehead into a fresh adventure in thinking, Propositions in the Making performs what it proposes. It lures each reader to become a Whiteheadian proposition, which is itself a lure to feeling. So we are spun brilliantly round, in a thinking that experiments with its own affect and yours. In troubled times, such contagious creativity in discourse may prove itself not just an intellectual luxury for Whiteheadian nerds but a planetary path to a future worth realizing. -- Catherine Keller, Drew University This imaginative and wide-reaching book draws the reader into the nexus of the event itself, articulating propositions that offer their own lures for feeling, whether by putting forth a proposition or by encouraging exploration of propositions and their affects. The topics taken up provide a creative variety of starting points and lead in exciting directions aimed at inaugurating a novel becoming toward a collective aim. It is precisely the kind of philosophical text needed for our present world. -- Jeremy Fackenthal, Institute for Ecological CivilizationMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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3 b/w photos;
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
543 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7936-1256-4 (9781793612564)
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Experiments in a Whiteheadian Laboratory
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Roland Faber | Michael Halewood | Andrew M. Davis
Propositions in the Making
Experiments in a Whiteheadian Laboratory
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11/2019
1st Edition
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€98.99
Available for download
Persons
Roland Faber is Kilsby Family/John B. Cobb, Jr., professor of process studies at Claremont School of Theology and founder of the Whitehead Research Project.
Michael Halewood is a senior lecturer at the University of Essex.
Andrew M. Davis is a Ph.D. candidate at Claremont School of Theology in Religion and Process Philosophy.
Michael Halewood is a senior lecturer at the University of Essex.
Andrew M. Davis is a Ph.D. candidate at Claremont School of Theology in Religion and Process Philosophy.
Content
Contents
Abbreviations
Editor's Preamble
Part I. The Making of Propositions
1 For a Whiteheadian Laboratory: How Do you Make Yourself a Propostion?
Erin Manning and Brian Massumi
Part II. Thinking Propositions
2 Knowing Whitehead?
Michael Halewood
3 Space, Time, and the Deity of Peace
Roland Faber
4 Designing Propositions
A.J. Nocek
5 An Internet of Actual Occasions: Notes Toward Understanding 21st Century Tendencies in Media, Communications, and World
Andrew Murphie
6 Thinking with Whitehead about Existential Risk
James Burton
7 Witness at the Slaughterhouse: Seeking Conflicting Propositions for Alternate Futures
Brianne Donaldson
8 Communities Keep the Dream Alive as Proposition?
Timothy Murphy
9 Geology Not Chronology: Problems of Naming in Education
Matthew Goulish
Part III. Experimenting With Propositions
10 The Question: How Do We Make Ourselves a Proposition?
Susanne Valerie [Granzer]
11. Choreographic Propositions: Grasping the environmental excess that feels like nothing,
Abbreviations
Editor's Preamble
Part I. The Making of Propositions
1 For a Whiteheadian Laboratory: How Do you Make Yourself a Propostion?
Erin Manning and Brian Massumi
Part II. Thinking Propositions
2 Knowing Whitehead?
Michael Halewood
3 Space, Time, and the Deity of Peace
Roland Faber
4 Designing Propositions
A.J. Nocek
5 An Internet of Actual Occasions: Notes Toward Understanding 21st Century Tendencies in Media, Communications, and World
Andrew Murphie
6 Thinking with Whitehead about Existential Risk
James Burton
7 Witness at the Slaughterhouse: Seeking Conflicting Propositions for Alternate Futures
Brianne Donaldson
8 Communities Keep the Dream Alive as Proposition?
Timothy Murphy
9 Geology Not Chronology: Problems of Naming in Education
Matthew Goulish
Part III. Experimenting With Propositions
10 The Question: How Do We Make Ourselves a Proposition?
Susanne Valerie [Granzer]
11. Choreographic Propositions: Grasping the environmental excess that feels like nothing,