The New Creatures of Difference: A Look at the Concept of Repetition Within Dissipative Systems Theory

Authors

  • Robert Drury King Sierra Nevada College and Centre Leo Apostel, Free University of Brussels

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.15.526

Abstract

Repetition is a major theme in contemporary thought, aligned more with difference and monstrosity than similarity and banality. This paper examines the logic of repetition through its deployment as a critique of the Western philosophical tradition’s understanding of time as temporal succession and examines the development of new concepts of repetition in dissipative systems theory and evolutionary thinking.

Author Biography

Robert Drury King, Sierra Nevada College and Centre Leo Apostel, Free University of Brussels

Robert Drury King is assistant professor at Sierra Nevada College (Nevada, USA) and research fellow with Centre Leo Apostel, Free University of Brussels. His dissertation won the 2011 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Dissertation Award at Purdue University, where he received his Ph.D. in philosophy. Robert has received grants for his work from the National Endowment for the Humanities (USA) and the National Humanities Center (USA).

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Published

12-Dec-2012

How to Cite

King, Robert Drury. 2012. “The New Creatures of Difference: A Look at the Concept of Repetition Within Dissipative Systems Theory”. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, no. 15 (December):1-14. https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.15.526.

Issue

No. 15 (2012): Imitation and Repetition

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Guest Contributions

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