Edited by Roland Faber, Jeffrey A. Bell, Joseph Petek
This collection of 11 essays form a new examination of Whitehead’s Barbour-Page lectures, which were published as the book Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect in 1927. Leading Whitehead scholars give you exciting insights into the contemporary implications of Whitehead's symbolism in an era of new scientific, cultural and technological developments. As a result, Whitehead's philosophy is reinvigorated in the context of contemporary discussions and debates.
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IntroductionJoseph Petek
Part I: Perception and Paradox
1. Whitehead on Causality and PerceptionSteven Shaviro
2. Originary Symbolism: Whitehead, Deleuze, and the Process View on PerceptionKeith Robinson
3. Uniting Earth to the Blue of Heaven Above: Strange Attractors in Whitehead's SymbolismRoland Faber
Part II: Adventures in Culture and Value
4. The Inhumanity of SymbolismMichael Halewood
5. Reverence, Revision, and Creaturely Life: Whitehead’s Political Theology of EnjoymentBeatrice Marovich
6. Ren and Causal Efficacy: Confucians and Whitehead on the Social Role of SymbolismHyo-Dong Lee
7. Avoiding a Fatal Error: Extending Whitehead's Symbolism Beyond LanguageSheri Kling
Part III: Misplaced Concreteness in Ethics and Science
8. A Dog’s Life: Thought, Symbols, and ConceptsJeffrey Bell
9. From Manipulation to Co-Creation: Whitehead on the Ethics of Symbol CreationLuke Higgins
10. On Symbols, Propositions, and Idiocies: Toward a Slow TechnoscienceAdam Nocek
11. Of Symbolism: Climate Concreteness, Causal Efficacy, and the Whiteheadian CosmopolisCatherine Keller
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Rethinking Symbolism contributes to the emergence of a "new" Whitehead fundamental to rethinking the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. With essays by major figures in the revitalization of Whitehead Studies, it brilliantly highlights Whitehead’s thought while bringing animal studies; ethics; climate change; creatures and theology; Confucianism; and Jung into the orbit of Whiteheadian speculative thought.