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A philosophy of interstices: Thinking subjects and societies from Whitehead's philosophy

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The notion of interstice appears in philosophy as something empty, an in-between, with no importance in the constitution of things. I argue, on the contrary, that the concept can be retaken in a new interpretation of living subjects as a main category to interpret the spatial and temporal dimensions of a subject.

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  1. Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP175/1, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50, Brussels, 1050, Belgium

    Didier Debaise

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Debaise, D. A philosophy of interstices: Thinking subjects and societies from Whitehead's philosophy. Subjectivity 6, 101–111 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2012.24

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