Beyond Bergson: Examining Race and Colonialism through the Writings of Henri Bergson

Beyond Bergson: Examining Race and Colonialism through the Writings of Henri Bergson
Format
Hardback
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Country
United States
Published
1 May 2019
Pages
274
ISBN
9781438473512

Beyond Bergson: Examining Race and Colonialism through the Writings of Henri Bergson

Building upon recent interest in Henri Bergson’s social and political philosophy, this volume offers a series of fresh and novel perspectives on Bergson’s writings through the lenses of critical philosophy of race and decolonial theory. Contributors place Bergson’s work in conversation with theorists from Africa, the African Diaspora, and Latin America to examine Bergson’s influence on literature, science studies, aesthetics, metaphysics, and social and political philosophy within these geopolitical contexts. The volume pays particular attention to both theoretical and practical forms of critical resistance work, including historical analyses of anti-racist, anti-imperialist, and anti-capitalist movements that have engaged with Bergson’s writings-for example, the Negritude movement, the Indigenismo movement, and the Peruvian Socialist Party. These historical and theoretical intersections provide a timely and innovative contribution to the existing scholarship on Bergson, and demonstrate the importance of his thought for contemporary social and political issues.

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