Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
Series |
Theory, culture & society |
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Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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Contents |
Inventive Life -- Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember and Celia Lury<br /> Approaches to the New Vitalism<br />On the Vitality of Vitalism -- Monica Greco<br />Information and Knowledge -- Suhail Malik<br />Pharmaceutical Matters -- Andrew Barry,<br /> The Invention of Informed Materials<br />The Performativity of Code -- Adrian Mackenzie<br />Software and Cultures of Circulation<br />'Contemplating a Self-portrait as a Pharmacist' -- Celia Lury<br /> A Trade Mark Style of Doing Art and Science<br />The New Economy, Property and Personhood -- Lisa Adkins<br />Computing the Human -- N Katherine Hayles<br />Metamorphoses -- Sarah Kember<br /> The Myth of Evolutionary Possibility<br />Making Music Matter -- Mariam Fraser<br /> |
Summary |
This text demonstrates how and why vitalism - the idea that life cannot be explained by the principles of mechanism - matters now. It guides readers through the introduction of understanding of information, complexity and cybernetics in the economy science and art |
Notes |
"Originally published as Volume 22, Number 1 of Theory, Culture & Society"--T.p.verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Vitalism.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
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Science -- Philosophy
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Vitalism
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fraser, Mariam
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Kember, Sarah
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Lury, Celia
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LC no. |
2006277764 |
ISBN |
9781446202784 |
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144620278X |
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9781412920377 |
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141292037X |
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9781446213377 |
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1446213374 |
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1283881853 |
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9781283881852 |
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