Shannon M. Mussett

Entropic Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Now is a time of tremendous anxiety about the present and future state of the world. As the second law of thermodynamics states, entropy never decreases, time marches relentlessly forward, and closed systems inevitably break down. Entropy serves as a powerful metaphor capturing expressions of growing malaise and decline. Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation builds on the meaning of entropy from the Greek entropia, signifying "a turning toward" or "transformation." Developing a philosophy of entropy, this book draws variously from anthropology, psychoanalysis, literature, art, and the history of philosophy. This approach opens pathways for reverence and care that are crucial in preventing fear, existential inertia, and despair.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881856069
• Artikelnr.: 74834675

Autorenporträt

Shannon Mussett is Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University

Inhaltsangabe

1.Acknowledgments
2.Preface
3.Introduction
4.Chapter One: Entropy in Science and Metaphor
5.Chapter Two: Entropy in Ancient Greek Thought
6.Chapter Three: Entropy in German Philosophies of Nature
7.Chapter Four: Leveling Modernity: Entropy in Freud and Lévi-Strauss
8.Chapter Five: Old Age and Entropic Decline
9.Chapter Six: Entropic Excess: Reconfiguring Matter and Waste
10.Chapter Seven: Destruction and the Joy of Creation
11.Conclusion
12.Bibliography
13.Author Bio