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Bergson and the Metaphysics of Media

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Stephen Crocker

    1. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Stephen Crocker
      Pages 1-14

  4. Killing Time: Synchrony and Diachrony

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Instrumental Reason and the War on Intervals

      • Stephen Crocker
      Pages 83-93

    3. Distracted and Contemplative Time

      • Stephen Crocker
      Pages 94-110

    4. Empty, Homogenous Time/Any-Moment-Whatever

      • Stephen Crocker
      Pages 111-123

  5. Man Falls Down: Unanswerable Situations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Compromise Formations: Bergson’s Vitalism

      • Stephen Crocker
      Pages 127-140

    3. Unanswerable Situations

      • Stephen Crocker
      Pages 141-157

    4. Conclusion: On Failure and Wonder

      • Stephen Crocker
      Pages 158-160

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 161-185
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What is a medium? Why is there always a middle? Can media produce 'immediacy'? Henri Bergson recognized mediation as the central philosophical problem of modernity. This book traces his influence on the 'media philosophies' of Gilles Deleuze, Marshall McLuhan, Walter Benjamin and Michel Serres.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

    Stephen Crocker

About the author

Stephen Crocker is Associate Professor of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He has published widely on the philosophy of time and the theory of media. His work has appeared in, among other places, Continental Philosophy Review, Deleuze Studies, Philosophy Today and numerous anthologies.

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