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Henri Bergson is primarily known for his work on time, memory, and creativity. His equally innovative interventions into politics and religion have, however, been neglected or dismissed until now. In the first book in English dedicated to Bergson as a political thinker, leading Bergson scholars illuminate his positions on core concerns within political philosophy: the significance of emotion in moral judgment, the relationship between biology and society, and the entanglement of politics and religion. Ranging across Bergson's writings but drawing mainly on his last book, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, the contributors consider Bergson's relevance to contemporary discussions of human rights, democratic pluralism, and environmental ethics.Contributors. Keith Ansell-Pearson, G. William Barnard, Claire Colebrook, Hisashi Fujita, Suzanne Guerlac, Vladimir JankÉlÉvitch, FrÉdÉric Keck, Leonard Lawlor, Alexandre Lefebvre, Paola Marrati, John Mullarkey, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Carl Power, Philippe Soulez, Jim Urpeth, Melanie White, FrÉdÉric Worms
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction: Bergson, Politics, and Religion / Alexandre Lefebvre and Melanie White 1
Part I: Closed and Open
1. The Closed and the Open in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion: A Distinction That Changes Everything / Frédéric Worms 25
2. Bergson, the Void, and the Politics of Life / Suzanne Guerlac 40
3. Equally Circular: Bergson and the Vague Inventions of Politics / John Mullarkey 61
4. The Art of the Future / Claire Colebrook 75
Part II: Politics
5. Bergson as Philosopher of War and Theorist of the Political / Philippe Soulez 99
6. Anarchy and Analogy: The Violence of Language in Bergson and Sorel / Hisashi Fujita 126
7. Asceticism and Sexuality: "Cheating Nature" in Bergson's The Two Sources of Morality and Religion / Leonard Lawlor 144
8. Creative Freedom: Henri Bergson and Democratic Theory / Paulina Ochoa Espejo 159
9. Bergson's Critique of Practical Reason / Carl Power 174
10. Bergson and Human Rights / Alexandre Lefebvre 193
Part III: Religion and Mysticism
11. Bergson and Judaism / Vladimir Jankélévitch 217
12. Bergson and Nietzsche on Religion: Critique, Immanence, and Affirmation / Keith Ansell-Pearson and Jim Urpeth 246
13. Assurance and Confidence in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion: A Sociological Interpretation of the Distinction between Static Religion and Dynamic Religion / Frédéric Keck 265
14. Tuning into Other Worlds: Henri Bergson and the Radio Reception Theory of Consciousness / G. William Barnard 281
15. James, Bergson, and an Open Universe / Paola Marrati 299
Bibliography 313
Contributors 325
Index 327
