Synopses & Reviews
The first sustained exploration of Simondon's work to be published in English. 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.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.
Synopsis
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 Sup rieure, Lyon and Bernard Stiegler, Pompidou Centre, Paris.
About the Author
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 is Mackenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Ashley Woodward is Lecturer at the University of Dundee.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction: Simondon, Finally, Arne de Boever, Alex Murray, Jon Roffe and Ashley Woodward
1.Technical Mentality, Gilbert Simondon, translated by Arne De Boever; Explications
2. 'Technical Mentality' Revisited: Brian Massumi on Gilbert Simondon, With Arne De Boever, Alex Murray and Jon Roffe
3. Identity and Individuation: Some Feminist Reflections, Elizabeth Grosz
4. Crystals and Membranes: Individuation and Temporality, Anne Sauvagnargues, translated by Jon Roffe; Implications
5. The Question of Anxiety in Gilbert Simondon, Igor Krtolica, translated by Jon Roffe
6. Infra-Psychic Individuation: Transductive Connections and the Genesis of Living Techniques, Marie-Pier Boucher
7. 'Du mort qui saisit le vif': Simondonian Ontology Today, Jean-Hugues Barthélémy, translated by Justin Clemens
8. The Aesthetics of Gilbert Simondon: Anticipation of the Contemporary Aesthetic Experience, Yves Michaud, translated by Justin Clemens; Resonances
9. Gilles Deleuze, a Reader of Gilbert Simondon, Sean Bowden
10. Science and Ontology: From Merleau-Ponty's 'Reduction' to Simondon's 'Transduction', Miguel de Beistegui
11. The Question of the Individual in Georges Canguilhem and Gilbert Simondon, Dominique Lecourt, translated by Arne De Boever
12. The Theatre of Individuation: Phase-shift and Resolution in Simondon and Heidegger, Bernard Stiegler, translated by Kristina Lebedeva
Glossary: Fifty Key Terms in the Works of Gilbert Simondon, Jean-Hugues Barthélémy
Index.