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Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation by Shannon M Mussett: New
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- Book Title
- Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation
- Publication Date
- 2022-01-31
- Pages
- 220
- ISBN
- 9781786612465
- Subject Area
- Philosophy
- Publication Name
- Entropic Philosophy : Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation
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- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- General, Metaphysics, Political, Movements / Critical Theory
- Publication Year
- 2022
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- Textbook
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 18.1 Oz
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- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 220 Pages, 186 Pages
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Now is a time of tremendous anxiety about the present and future state of the world. As the second law of thermodynamics states, entropy never decreases, time marches relentlessly forward, and closed systems inevitably break down. Entropy serves as a powerful metaphor capturing expressions of growing malaise and decline. Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation builds on the meaning of entropy from the Greek entropia, signifying "a turning toward" or "transformation." Developing a philosophy of entropy, this book draws variously from anthropology, psychoanalysis, literature, art, and the history of philosophy. This approach opens pathways for reverence and care that are crucial in preventing fear, existential inertia, and despair.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1786612461
ISBN-13
9781786612465
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Product Key Features
Number of Pages
220 Pages, 186 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Entropic Philosophy : Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation
Publication Year
2022
Subject
General, Metaphysics, Political, Movements / Critical Theory
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2021-038833
Dewey Edition
23
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This beautiful book might be called Tristes Entropiques. Shannon Mussett explains how the conception of the law of entropy has disturbed our understanding of human endeavor. Instead of concluding that all is vanity, she finds bases for grace in Homer, Nietzsche, and Smithson., Mussett's work is a striking display of erudition that provides a novel re-introduction to and re-reading of the history of Western thought. It offers a profound and creative new approach to the exigency of our ethical responsibilities to one another and our world, inviting us to think how we might craft a new and more reverent way of being in the future. Profoundly important contribution to contemporary philosophy., Mussett's work is a striking display of erudition that provides a novel re-introduction to and re-reading of the history of Western thought. It offers a profound and creative new approach to the exigency of our ethical responsibilities to one another and our world, inviting us to think how we might craft a new and more reverent way of being in the future. Profoundly important contribution to contemporary philosophy.
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
117
Lc Classification Number
B105.O7m87 2022
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter One: Entropy in Science and Metaphor Chapter Two: Entropy in Ancient Greek Thought Chapter Three: Entropy in German Philosophies of Nature Chapter Four: Leveling Modernity: Entropy in Freud and Lévi-Strauss Chapter Five: Old Age and Entropic Decline Chapter Six: Entropic Excess: Reconfiguring Matter and Waste Chapter Seven: Destruction and the Joy of Creation Conclusion Bibliography Author Bio, 1. Privation and Disorder: Entropy in Greek Thought / 2. Decay and Breakdown in Nature: Kant and Hegel on Organic Purposiveness and Death / 3. Leveling the Modern Epoch: The Freudian Death Drive and Levi-Straussean Entropics / 4. Entropic Denial: How the Aged and Exploited Bear the Burden of Late Capitalism/ 5. Entropic Places and Peoples / 6. In Praise of Destruction: Nietzsche and Smithson on the Eternal Joy of Becoming / Bibliography / Index
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