Virginia Woolf As a Process-Oriented Thinker - Parallels Between Woolfs Fiction and Process Philosophy

This book introduces Virginia Woolf as a nondualist and process-oriented thinker whose ideas are strikingly similar to those of her contemporary, Alfred North Whitehead. The author argues that in their respective fields, the two thinkers criticized the materialist turn of their time and attempted to undermine long-rooted dualisms.

List of contents

Introduction: Virginia Woolf and Process-Oriented Thought
Chapter 1: Woolf's Conception of Things and the Relation Between Subject and Object
Chapter 2: Panpsychism and More-Than-Human Experience in Woolf's Fiction
Chapter 3: Woolf's Process-Oriented Identity, Intersubjective Selves, and Exploration of Community of Difference
Chapter 4: Woolf's Criticism of Anthropocentrism and Exploitation of Nature
Conclusion: Analogies Between Literature, Philosophy, and Real Life

About the author

By Veronika Krajícková

Summary

This book introduces Virginia Woolf as a nondualist and process-oriented thinker whose ideas are strikingly similar to those of her contemporary, Alfred North Whitehead. The author argues that in their respective fields, the two thinkers criticized the materialist turn of their time and attempted to undermine long-rooted dualisms.

Product details

• Authors: Veronika Krají&269;ková, Veronika Krají¿ková, Veronika Krajickova, Veronika Krajícková
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781666942293
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-229-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Contemporary Whitehead Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Comparative Literature, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Literature: history & criticism, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000