ISBN: 9780801436321 - becomings: explorations in time, memory, and futures (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good Plus. No jacket. First Edition. [PHILOSOPHY]. Ed. Elizabeth Grosz. Contributors: Manuel De Landa, Linda Martin Alcoff, Edward S. Casey, Gail Weiss, Claire Colebrook, et al. "Becomings: Explorations in Time, Memory, and Futures." Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell University Press, 1999. First edition, first printing. English language. Hardcover with green cloth boards, no jacket. Collection of eleven nonfiction academic philosophical texts inspired by futurism and Deleuze, with an introduction, notes, and index. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. 18 oz. vi, 250 pp. No jacket. Sticker residue on back board. Light toning. Text clean. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 080143632X. "With the advent of the new millennium, the notion of the future, and of time in general, has taken on greater significance in postmodern thought. Although the equally pervasive and abstract concept of space has generated a vast body of disciplines, time, and the related idea of 'becoming,' transforming, mutating, and metamorphosing, have until now received little theoretical attention. This volume explores the ontological, epistemic, and political implications of rethinking time as a dynamic and irreversible force. Drawing on ideas from the natural sciences, as well as from literature, philosophy, politics, and cultural analyses, its authors seek to stimulate further research in both the sciences and the humanities which highlights the temporal foundations of matter and culture.".…

Hardcover. Condición: Good.