Author(s): Arne De Boever (Author, Editor), Alex Murray (Author, Editor), Jon Roffe (Author, Editor), Ashley Woodward (Author, Editor)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 31 Jan. 2012
Language: English
Print length: 248 pages
ISBN-10: 074864525X
ISBN-13: 9780748645251
Book Description
This collection of essays, including one by Simondon himself, outlines the central tenets of Simondon’s thought, the implication of his thought for numerous disciplines and his relationship to other thinkers such as Heidegger, Deleuze and Canguilhem. Complete with a contextualising introduction and a glossary of technical terms, it offers an entry point to this important thinker and will appeal to people working in philosophy, philosophy of science, media studies, social theory and political philosophy. Contributors include: Miguel de Beistegui, University of Warwick; Elizabeth Grosz, Rutgers University, New Jersey; Anne Sauvagnargues, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon and Bernard Stiegler, Pompidou Centre, Paris.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This is a most welcome volume on Simondon, which features essays by some of the finest theorists working today. It nicely complements the translation into English of Simondon’s key texts and can be highly recommended to those working in the humanities and social sciences and looking for new models of thought. –Professor Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick
From the Back Cover
This is a most welcome volume on Simondon, which features essays by some of the finest theorists working today. It nicely compliments the translation into English of Simondon’s key texts and can be highly recommended to those working in the humanities and social sciences and looking for new models of thought.’Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick
The first sustained exploration of Simondon’s work in English
Gilbert Simondon’s work has recently come to prominence in America and around the Anglophone world, having been of great importance in France for many years. This first collection of essays, by renowned critics and philosophers, outlines the central tenets of Simondon’s thought, the implication of his work in numerous disciplines and his relationship to other thinkers such as Heidegger, Deleuze and Canguilhem.
Complete with a contextualising introduction, a glossary of technical terms as well as an essay by Simondon himself, it offers an entry point to this important thinker and will appeal to people working in philosophy, philosophy of science, media studies, social theory and political philosophy.
Arne de Boever is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. Alex Murray is lecturer in English at the University of Exeter. Jon Roffe lectures at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. Ashley Woodward is a member of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy.
About the Author
Arne De Boever is Assistant Professor of American Studies in the School of Critical Studies, California Institute of the Arts. Alex Murray is a lecturer in twentieth-century literature at the University of Exeter and publishes widely in nineteenth and twentieth century English Literature, as well as critical theory. He is the author of, most recently, Giorgio Agamben (2010) and is a founding editor of Parrhesia: a Journal of Critical Philosophy. Jon Roffe is a lecturer in Philosophy at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. Ashley Woodward is a founding member of, and a lecturer at, the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy.
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