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Bridging Complexity and Post-Structuralism

Insights and Implications

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  1. Minka Woermann

    1. Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa

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  • Includes an excellent introduction to philosophical complexity

  • Introduces the reader to poignant post-structural philosophical insights

  • Develops the field of philosophical complexity

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Minka Woermann
    Pages 1-13

  3. Towards an Understanding of Philosophical Complexity

    • Minka Woermann
    Pages 15-45

  4. The Economy of Complexity

    • Minka Woermann
    Pages 47-85

  5. The Status and Ethics of Knowledge

    • Minka Woermann
    Pages 87-121

  6. Complex Identity and Ethical-Political Responsibilities

    • Minka Woermann
    Pages 123-156

  7. The Ethics of Living

    • Minka Woermann
    Pages 157-182

  8. Philosophical Complexity Revisited

    • Minka Woermann
    Pages 183-195

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 197-205
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About this book

This work addresses the topic of philosophical complexity, which shares certain assumptions with scientific complexity, cybernetics, and General Systems Theory, but which is also developing as a subject field in its own right.


Specifically, the post-structural reading of philosophical complexity that was pioneered by Paul Cilliers is further developed in this study. To this end, the ideas of a number of contemporary French post-structural theorists and their predecessors - including Derrida, Nancy, Bataille, Levinas, Foucault, Saussure, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Hegel - are introduced. The implications that their various insights hold for our understanding of complex human systems are teased out at the hand of the themes of economy, (social) ontology, subjectivity, epistemology, and ethics. The analyses are also illuminated at the hand of the problematic of the foreigner and the related challenges of showing hospitality to foreigners.


The study presents a sophisticated account of both philosophical complexity and philosophies of difference. By relating these subject fields, the study also extends our understanding of philosophical complexity, and offers an original characterisation of the aforementioned philosophers as complex thinkers.


Reviews

“This book is also a valuable introduction to contemporary French philosophy. The clear unfolding of the ideas of rather ‘complex’ thinkers will please students, while the challenging argumentation will certainly entice scholars that are looking for new paths in philosophy.  Even scientists … might benefit from this study.” (Erik Meganck, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie, Vol. 79, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa

    Minka Woermann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bridging Complexity and Post-Structuralism

  • Book Subtitle: Insights and Implications

  • Authors: Minka Woermann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39047-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39045-1Published: 07 October 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81803-0Published: 27 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39047-5Published: 27 September 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 205

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ethics, Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks, Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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