Bergson
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Bergson

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eBook - ePub

Bergson

About this book

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was one of the most celebrated and influential philosophers of the twentieth century. He was awarded in 1928 the Nobel prize for literature for his philosophical work, and his controversial ideas about time, memory and life shaped generations of thinkers, writers and artists.

In this clear and engaging introduction, Mark Sinclair examines the full range of Bergson's work. The book sheds new light on familiar aspects of Bergson's thought, but also examines often ignored aspects of his work, such as his philosophy of art, his philosophy of technology and the relation of his philosophical doctrines to his political commitments. After an illuminating overview of his life and work, chapters are devoted to the following topics:

  • the experience of time as duration
  • the experience of freedom
  • memory
  • mind and body
  • laughter and humour
  • knowledge
  • art and creativity
  • the élan vital as a theory of biological life
  • ethics, religion, war and modern technology

With a final chapter on his legacy, Bergson is an outstanding guide to one of the great philosophers. Including chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary, it is essential reading for those interested in metaphysics, time, free will, aesthetics, the philosophy of biology, continental philosophy and the role of European intellectuals in World War I.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781138219489
eBook ISBN
9781315414911
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Index

adaptation: in biological life 210–13; in society 145
anti-Semitism 14–15, 19, 29
Aristotle: on biology 208; on generality in tragedy 149; on intensive magnitudes 36; lost book on comedy 133; on modality 189–90; refutation of Zeno 58; on the soul 221; on space 12; superiority theory of laughter 135, 138; on time 258, 260; on vision 162
Aron, R. 26
attention to life 88, 104, 107, 122, 143, 145, 163, 173, 219, 277
avant-garde 1, 16, 31, 158
Bateson, W. 210, 212
Belot, G. 79
Benda, J. 27, 250
“Bergson boom” 1, 2, 14–18, 256
Berkeley, G. 112–13
Boutroux, E. 3, 10, 12, 29, 36, 64, 242; on backwards causation 263, 271; on contingency 128–9, 131, 202; on freedom 82–3; on habit 143–4, 282; on moral obligation 234–5; on psychic energy 70–1, 79; see also contingency
Chaplin, C. 144
Chevalier, J. 28
Collège de France 1, 2, 12, 14–15, 17, 66, 81, 159, 202, 211, 230, 268
colonialism 20; see als...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Series Information
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. A note on translations and abbreviations
  11. Chronology
  12. Introduction
  13. One Intellectual biography
  14. Two Time
  15. Three Freedom
  16. Four Memory
  17. Five Mind and world
  18. Six Laughter
  19. Seven Knowledge
  20. Eight Art
  21. Nine Life
  22. Ten Ethics, religion and politics
  23. Eleven Legacy
  24. Glossary
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index