Devouring One's Own Tail: Autopoiesis in Perspective - Softcover

 
9788024651316: Devouring One's Own Tail: Autopoiesis in Perspective
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8024651319 ISBN 13: 9788024651316
Publisher: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2023

Synopsis

Drawing on continental philosophy, Devouring One’s Own Tail examines culture and society as a type of ouroboros.
 
Inspired by Niklas Luhmann’s theories on social systems, this book examines the concept of autopoiesis, or self-creation, as it relates to society and culture. Approaching the concept from a variety of fields―philosophy, philology, aesthetics, linguistics, archaeology, and religious and media studies―the contributors present the products of humanity as self-referential, self-sustaining, and self-creating systems. Through four sections, the book addresses the philosophical concept of autopoiesis and its relations to creativity, destruction, and self-organization; autopoiesis in literature and art history;  autopoiesis in religion; and autopoiesis in historiography, cognitive linguistics, and social media. Whether exploring Hegel’s theory of knowledge or the viral spread of conspiracy theories on the internet, the authors concentrate on the ouroboros-like nature of their subjects in the ways they feed off of themselves.

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About the Author

Vojtěch Kolman is professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Charles University. Tomáš Murár is an art historian in the Department of Historiography and Theory of Art at the Czech Academy of Sciences

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Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8024651319
ISBN 13 
9788024651316
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
324
Editor
Kolman Vojtech, Murár Tomáš