Henri Bergson is primarily known for his work on time, memory, and creativity. His equally innovative interventions into politics and religion have, however, been neglected or dismissed until now. In the first book in English dedicated to Bergson as a political thinker, leading Bergson scholars illuminate his positions on core concerns within political philosophy: the significance of emotion in moral judgment, the relationship between biology and society, and the entanglement of politics and religion. Ranging across Bergson's writings but drawing mainly on his last book, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, the contributors consider Bergson's relevance to contemporary discussions of human rights, democratic pluralism, and environmental ethics.Contributors. Keith Ansell-Pearson, G. William Barnard, Claire Colebrook, Hisashi Fujita, Suzanne Guerlac, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Frédéric Keck, Leonard Lawlor, Alexandre Lefebvre, Paola Marrati, John Mullarkey, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Carl Power, Philippe Soulez, Jim Urpeth, Melanie White, Frédéric Worms
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Examines the political and religious dimensions of the work of philosopher Henri Bergson
Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations ix Introduction: Bergson, Politics, and Religion / Alexandre Lefebvre and Melanie White 1 Part I: Closed and Open 1. The Closed and the Open in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion: A Distinction That Changes Everything / Frédéric Worms 25 2. Bergson, the Void, and the Politics of Life / Suzanne Guerlac 40 3. Equally Circular: Bergson and the Vague Inventions of Politics / John Mullarkey 61 4. The Art of the Future / Claire Colebrook 75 Part II: Politics 5. Bergson as Philosopher of War and Theorist of the Political / Philippe Soulez 99 6. Anarchy and Analogy: The Violence of Language in Bergson and Sorel / Hisashi Fujita 126 7. Asceticism and Sexuality: "Cheating Nature" in Bergson's The Two Sources of Morality and Religion / Leonard Lawlor 144 8. Creative Freedom: Henri Bergson and Democratic Theory / Paulina Ochoa Espejo 159 9. Bergson's Critique of Practical Reason / Carl Power 174 10. Bergson and Human Rights / Alexandre Lefebvre 193 Part III: Religion and Mysticism 11. Bergson and Judaism / Vladimir Jankélévitch 217 12. Bergson and Nietzsche on Religion: Critique, Immanence, and Affirmation / Keith Ansell-Pearson and Jim Urpeth 246 13. Assurance and Confidence in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion: A Sociological Interpretation of the Distinction between Static Religion and Dynamic Religion / Frédéric Keck 265 14. Tuning into Other Worlds: Henri Bergson and the Radio Reception Theory of Consciousness / G. William Barnard 281 15. James, Bergson, and an Open Universe / Paola Marrati 299 Bibliography 313 Contributors 325 Index 327
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"The strength of this book is the way that it remedies the scholarly neglect of Henri Bergson's political and religious thought, especially as found in his last book, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion. Together, these essays provide a more well-rounded view of Bergson's complete project and show how he can contribute to rethinking a number of current issues in sociological, political, and religious thought."—John Protevi, author of Political Affect: Connecting the Social and the Somatic
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Examines the political and religious dimensions of the work of philosopher Henri Bergson

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9780822352563
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2012-07-16
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Duke University Press
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626 gr
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P, 06
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Alexandre Lefebvre is Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He is the author of The Image of Law: Deleuze, Bergson, Spinoza.

Melanie White is Senior Lecturer in Social Theory at the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales.