{"product_id":"entropic-philosophy-chaos-breakdown-and-creation-9781538165188","title":"Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow is a time of tremendous anxiety about the present and future state of the world. As the second law of thermodynamics states, entropy never decreases, time marches relentlessly forward, and closed systems inevitably break down. Entropy serves as a powerful metaphor capturing expressions of growing malaise and decline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation builds on the meaning of entropy from the Greek entropia, signifying “a turning toward” or “transformation.” Developing a philosophy of entropy, this book draws variously from anthropology, psychoanalysis, literature, art, and the history of philosophy. This approach opens pathways for reverence and care that are crucial in preventing fear, existential inertia, and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMussett’s work is a striking display of erudition that provides a novel re-introduc­tion to and re-reading of the history of Western thought. It offers a profound and creative new approach to the exigency of our ethical responsibilities to one another and our world, inviting us to think how we might craft a new and more reverent way of being in the future. Profoundly important contribution to contemporary philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e * Continental Philosophy Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful book might be called Tristes Entropiques. Shannon Mussett explains how the conception of the law of entropy has disturbed our understanding of human endeavor. Instead of concluding that all is vanity, she finds bases for grace in Homer, Nietzsche, and Smithson.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrew Cutrofello, Loyola University, Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter One: Entropy in Science and Metaphor\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Two: Entropy in Ancient Greek Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Three: Entropy in German Philosophies of Nature\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Four: Leveling Modernity: Entropy in Freud and Lévi-Strauss\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Five: Old Age and Entropic Decline\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Six: Entropic Excess: Reconfiguring Matter and Waste\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven: Destruction and the Joy of Creation \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041223868759,"sku":"9781538165188","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/entropic-philosophy-chaos-breakdown-and-creation-9781538165188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}