The new Bergson

by John Mullarkey (Editor)

Henri Bergson, central to European philosophy at the beginning of the C20th, is returning to that position at the beginning of the C21st. Bergson's legacy reaches across the disciplines of philosophy, humanities and the arts, and has especial relevance for recent film and video studies (in the area of time, change and difference). This collection includes an original essay by Gilles Deleuze, translated into English for the first time. Hugely impressive international cast including not only Deleuze, but also Worms, Gunter, Ansell Pearson and Timothy S. Murphy. The first in the acclaimed Angelaki Humanities series.

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 21, 1999

About the author

John Mullarkey is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Kingston University, UK since 2010.
In the past he taught philosophy and film theory at the University of Sunderland, England (1994-2004) and the University of Dundee, Scotland (2004 to 2010).
In 2014, his name reverted from the English ‘Mullarkey’ to the original Irish, ‘Ó Maoilearca’, which ultimately translates as ‘follower of the animal’. He now publishes under that name: John Ó Maoilearca.

Reviews

[Jonathan Hockey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introductory book sampling various recent ways in which Bergson's philosophy is being reinvigorated down new avenues of enquiry, across a range of domains from ontology of difference to psychology of duration to ecological concerns and an alternative creativity approach to understanding the process of biological evolution.