Book Sectionhttps://doi.org/10.37050/ci-11_01
Manuele Gragnolati
Christoph F. E. Holzhey
Christoph F. E. Holzhey
Beginnings
Constituting Wholes, Haunting, Plasticity
Wholes are said to be more than the sum of their parts. This ‘more’ contains both a promise and a threat. When different elements — which might be individuals, cultures, disciplines, or methods — form a whole, they not only join forces but also generate a surplus from which the parts can benefit. Being part of a whole is a way to acquire meaning; and having a part in the whole is to have an enlarged agency. But wholes are also more powerful than the sum of their parts.
Keywords: Wholeness; Partiality; Haunting; Plasticity; Totality (Philosophy); Malabou, Catherine
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Beginnings
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Constituting Wholes, Haunting, Plasticity
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Manuele Gragnolati
Christoph F. E. Holzhey
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Wholes are said to be more than the sum of their parts. This ‘more’ contains both a promise and a threat. When different elements — which might be individuals, cultures, disciplines, or methods — form a whole, they not only join forces but also generate a surplus from which the parts can benefit. Being part of a whole is a way to acquire meaning; and having a part in the whole is to have an enlarged agency. But wholes are also more powerful than the sum of their parts.
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Vienna
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Turia + Kant
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2017
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Wholeness
Partiality
Haunting
Plasticity
Totality (Philosophy)
Malabou, Catherine
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© by the author(s)
This version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Manuele Gragnolati and Christoph F. E. Holzhey, ‘Beginnings: Constituting Wholes, Haunting, Plasticity’, in De/Constituting Wholes: Towards Partiality Without Parts, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Manuele Gragnolati, Cultural Inquiry, 11 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2017), pp. 7–29 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-11_01>
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29
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De/Constituting Wholes: Towards Partiality Without Parts, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Manuele Gragnolati, Cultural Inquiry, 11 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2017), pp. 7–29
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Cite as:
Manuele Gragnolati and Christoph F. E. Holzhey, ‘Beginnings: Constituting Wholes, Haunting, Plasticity’, in De/Constituting Wholes: Towards Partiality Without Parts, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Manuele Gragnolati, Cultural Inquiry, 11 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2017), pp. 7–29 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-11_01>