Unearthing the Unknown Whitehead
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2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2013-0 (ISBN)
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2013-0 (ISBN)
Unearthing the Unknown Whitehead argues that the previously unpublished materials appearing in the recent volumes of the Critical Edition of Whitehead call for a complete reconsideration of Whitehead’s philosophical corpus and stand to turn some of what readers think they know about Alfred North Whitehead on its head.
Unearthing the Unknown Whitehead argues that it is Alfred North Whitehead’s recently published Harvard lectures, and not his books, that contain the truest record of the development of his philosophy, including the false starts and dead ends that the published works obscure. This development could previously only be inferred as taking place in the gaps between books. It thus calls for a complete reconsideration of Whitehead’s philosophical corpus. Joseph Petek critically evaluates the accuracy and reliability of the student accounts of Whitehead’s recently published Harvard lectures and then examines these notes, along with a number of previously unknown essays, in order to trace previously unknown aspects of Whitehead’s philosophy and the development of his thought. Additionally, neglected early letters between Whitehead and Bertrand Russell appear to reveal a precise point at which he began transitioning from his long career in mathematics to a new career in philosophy. Two previously undiscovered essays—“Religious Psychology of the Western Peoples” and “Freedom and Order”—display Whitehead’s concern for a creeping hyper-nationalism that is intensely relevant in today’s political climate, along with terminological experiments that stretch our conceptions of Whitehead’s philosophy in new directions.
Unearthing the Unknown Whitehead argues that it is Alfred North Whitehead’s recently published Harvard lectures, and not his books, that contain the truest record of the development of his philosophy, including the false starts and dead ends that the published works obscure. This development could previously only be inferred as taking place in the gaps between books. It thus calls for a complete reconsideration of Whitehead’s philosophical corpus. Joseph Petek critically evaluates the accuracy and reliability of the student accounts of Whitehead’s recently published Harvard lectures and then examines these notes, along with a number of previously unknown essays, in order to trace previously unknown aspects of Whitehead’s philosophy and the development of his thought. Additionally, neglected early letters between Whitehead and Bertrand Russell appear to reveal a precise point at which he began transitioning from his long career in mathematics to a new career in philosophy. Two previously undiscovered essays—“Religious Psychology of the Western Peoples” and “Freedom and Order”—display Whitehead’s concern for a creeping hyper-nationalism that is intensely relevant in today’s political climate, along with terminological experiments that stretch our conceptions of Whitehead’s philosophy in new directions.
Joseph Petek is chief archivist of the Whitehead Research Project.
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Gospels According to Whitehead’s Students
Chapter 2. Whitehead’s Lectures as Book Drafts
Chapter 3. Muddle-Headedness versus Simple-Mindedness, Round 2
Chapter 4. Conciliating Privacy and Socialism
Chapter 5. Religion and Hatred
Chapter 6. Redefining Wit and Humor
Chapter 7. Whitehead’s Other Dialogues
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Footnotes to Whitehead
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Whitehead Studies |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 290 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-2013-4 / 1666920134 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-2013-0 / 9781666920130 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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