The Phoenix Complex
A Philosophy of Nature
Published on 4. July 2023
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Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-0-262-54570-9 (ISBN)
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"An innovative look at philosophies of nature across cultures and traditions through the common thread of burning nature down in order to be reborn over and over again"--
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English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
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MIT Press Ltd
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Height: 153 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54570-9 (9780262545709)
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Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU). His books include Philosophy for Passengers (MIT Press, 2022); Hegel’s Energy: A Reading of The Phenomenology of Spirit; and Dump Philosophy: A Phenomenology of Devastation.
Content
Preface: Is a Philosophy of Nature Still Tenable? xi
1 The Phoenix Complex 1
2 Philosophy's Third Path: Plato/Levinas 29
3 On Physiopsychology-Life and Energy: Aristotle/Hegel 59
4 Unity and Universality: Plotinus/Schelling 89
5 The Phoenix Acts: Hildegard/Spinoza 127
6 Death, Rebirth, and Beyond in Hindu Traditions 149
7 Generativity and Generationality in Confucianism 175
8 Universal Resurrection in Russian Cosmism 197
9 Political Renaissance from the Roman Empire to the Thought of Hannah Arendt 219
Afterword: Ashes to Ashes... 241
Notes 247
Index 279
1 The Phoenix Complex 1
2 Philosophy's Third Path: Plato/Levinas 29
3 On Physiopsychology-Life and Energy: Aristotle/Hegel 59
4 Unity and Universality: Plotinus/Schelling 89
5 The Phoenix Acts: Hildegard/Spinoza 127
6 Death, Rebirth, and Beyond in Hindu Traditions 149
7 Generativity and Generationality in Confucianism 175
8 Universal Resurrection in Russian Cosmism 197
9 Political Renaissance from the Roman Empire to the Thought of Hannah Arendt 219
Afterword: Ashes to Ashes... 241
Notes 247
Index 279