Overview
This combination of historiography and theory offers the growing Anglophone readership interested in the ideas of Gilbert Simondon a thorough and unprecedented survey of the French philosopher’s entire oeuvre. The publication, which breaks new ground in its thoroughness and breadth of analysis, systematically traces the interconnections between Simondon’s philosophy of science and technology on the one hand, and his political philosophy on the other. The author sets Simondon’s ideas in the context of the epistemology of the late 1950s and the 1960s in France, the milieu that shaped a generation of key French thinkers such as Deleuze, Foucault and Derrida. This volume explores Simondon’s sources, which were as eclectic as they were influential: from the philosophy of Bergson to the cybernetics of Wiener, from the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty to the epistemology of Canguilhem, and from Bachelard’s philosophy of science to the positivist sociology and anthropologyof luminaries such as Durkheim and Leroi-Gourhan. It also tackles aspects of Simondon’s philosophy that relate to Heidegger and Elull in their concern with the ontological relationship between technology and society and discusses key scholars of Simondon such as Barthélémy, Combes, Stiegler, and Virno, as well as the work of contemporary protagonists in the philosophical debate on the relevance of technique. The author’s intimate knowledge of Simondon’s language allows him to resolve many of th e semantic errors and misinterpretations that have plagued reactions to Simondon’s many philosophical neologisms, often drawn from his scientific studies.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrea Bardin
Publisher: Springer
Imprint: Springer
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Volume: 19
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 4.044kg
ISBN: 9789402400977
ISBN 10: 9402400974
Pages: 251
Publication Date: 09 October 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Bardin seems to offer a genuinely Simondonian analysis of the individuation of 'simondon.' As such, this text should be approached as an important contribution in Simondonian scholarship and thus of particular interest to readers of Simondon ... . Bardin provides us with a fascinating study in the metastable structure of 'Simondon,' and his contribution on the question of the political in Simondon is an important step in the future of Simondonian scholarship. (Donald A. Landes, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, ndpr.nd.edu, August, 2015)
Author Information
Andrea Bardin studied at the University of Padua and Brunel University London. He is a founding member of the Centre international des études simondoniennes (MSH Paris Nord)
