The Creation of Chaos William James and the Stylistic Making of a Disorderly World
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
11.10.1991
Verlag
State University Of New York PressSeitenzahl
185
Maße (L/B/H)
22.6/15/1.5 cm
Gewicht
272 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7914-0702-8
This is the first book-length study of William James' style, arguing that the manner in which James writes The Principles of Psychology and The Varieties of Religious Experience serves to construct a chaotic world for his readers.
The book examines the uses of chaos in western literature and philosophy and reaches two conclusions: that chaos may be "utter confusion and disorder," but, paradoxically, that disorder is communicated through some particular order - in Joyce's term, all chaos is "chaosmos." Secondly, what is essential about chaos is what it does: nothing is inherently chaotic, rather chaos is used to contrast with or challenge something that is more structured or formed. Finally, the author presents an examination of the religious function of James' chaotic worldview as a disorientation which orients.
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