Language Process and Social Theory: Words, Whitehead and the World (Intersections in Continental and Analytic Philosophy) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 6: Intersections in Continental and Analytic Philosophy

Michael Halewood

 
9781474449106: Language Process and Social Theory: Words, Whitehead and the World (Intersections in Continental and Analytic Philosophy)
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ISBN 10: 1474449107 ISBN 13: 9781474449106
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Michael Halewood uses ideas from analytic philosophy, continental philosophy and social theory to look at how language relates to the world, and the world to language. He primarily draws on the work of Alfred North Whitehead, and incorporating the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, John Dewey and Luce Irigaray, to view the world as 'in process'.

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About the Author

Michael Halewood is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex.

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A process-inspired approach to understanding language and the world through the work of Alfred North Whitehead Do we really know how words actually refer to things, how they describe the world? These questions are not limited to the study of language. They quickly lead to important debates about the character of existence and subjectivity, and they are also linked to wider questions about gender and the status of capitalism. Michael Halewood uses ideas from analytic philosophy and continental philosophy as well as social theory to look at the relation of language to the world, and the world to language. Primarily using the work of the innovative British philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, but also incorporating the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, John Dewey and Luce Irigaray, he argues that viewing both the world and language as 'in process' can help reframe and move beyond some enduring problems and shed new light for future research. Michael Halewood is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex.

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A process-inspired approach to understanding language and the world through the work of Alfred North Whitehead Do we really know how words actually refer to things, how they describe the world? These questions are not limited to the study of language. They quickly lead to important debates about the character of existence and subjectivity, and they are also linked to wider questions about gender and the status of capitalism. Michael Halewood uses ideas from analytic philosophy and continental philosophy as well as social theory to look at the relation of language to the world, and the world to language. Primarily using the work of the innovative British philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, but also incorporating the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, John Dewey and Luce Irigaray, he argues that viewing both the world and language as in process can help reframe and move beyond some enduring problems and shed new light for future research.Michael Halewood is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474449107
ISBN 13 
9781474449106
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
176

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