The Challenge of Bergsonism

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The Challenge of Bergsonism explores how Bergsonism questions our ways of thinking, particularly the concept of reality, and ultimately demands a return to ethics. The book also includes the first English translation of Jean Hyppolite's highly influential essay, "Various Aspects of Memory in Bergson".

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"Lawlor's book is the clearest and most concise of all the new books to appear on Bergson in English. Lawlor presents a Bergson who has inspired contemporary French thought of both the ultimate philosopher of immanence, Deleuze, and the ultimate philosopher of transcendence, Levinas...Lawlor presents a philosophy that fundamentally challenges three trends in continental philosophy: Phenomenology, Ontology, and Ethics. He focuses on the primary Bergsonian innovation, Duration." --Janus Head, Summer 2005 -- Janus Head
"Lawler (Univ. of Memphis) has written a brilliant introduction to Bergson's groundbreaking masterpiece, Matter and Memory (1911). In a mere 116 pages...he takes readers through the phenomenology, ontology, and ethics contained in Bergson's difficult book. The result is a meticulous yet clear tour through the fundamental concepts of a philosophy that so far has not received the proper attention. Lawlor manages to simultaneously explain the theory and waken interest in further study of a body of thought that offers a refreshing alternative to the dominant approaches to philosophy...Highly recommended. Graduate students through faculty." -S. Rura, CHOICE magazine * Blurb from reviewer *
"...a meticulous yet clear tour through the fundamental concepts of a philosophy that so far has not received the proper attention. Readers are able to come to grips with the meaning and relevance of Bergson's concepts of the image, memory, sense, and duration. Lawlor manages to simultaneously explain the theory and awaken interest in further study of a body of thought that offers a refreshing alternative to the dominant approaches to philosophy." -CHOICE, 5/04 * Choice *

Author Bio

Leonard Lawlor is Dunavant Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. He has written widely on Continental Philosophy.