13. Assurance and Confidence in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion: A Sociological Interpretation of the Distinction between Static Religion and Dynamic Religion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction: Bergson, Politics, and Religion 1
6. Part I: Closed and Open
7. 1. The Closed and the Open in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion: A Distinction That Changes Everything 25
8. 2. Bergson, the Void, and the Politics of Life 40
9. 3. Equally Circular: Bergson and the Vague Inventions of Politics 61
10. 4. The Art of the Future 75
11. Part II: Politics
12. 5. Bergson as Philosopher of War and Theorist of the Political 99
13. 6. Anarchy and Analogy: The Violence of Language in Bergson and Sorel 126
14. 7. Asceticism and Sexuality: ‘‘Cheating Nature’’ in Bergson’s The Two Sources of Morality and Religion 144
15. 8. Creative Freedom: Henri Bergson and Democratic Theory 159
16. 9. Bergson’s Critique of Practical Reason 174
17. 10. Bergson and Human Rights 193
18. Part III. Religion and Mysticism
19. 11. Bergson and Judaism 217
20. 12. Bergson and Nietzsche on Religion: Critique, Immanence, and Affirmation 246
21. 13. Assurance and Confidence in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion: A Sociological Interpretation of the Distinction between Static Religion and Dynamic Religion 265
22. 14. Tuning into Other Worlds: Henri Bergson and the Radio Reception Theory of Consciousness 281
23. 15. James, Bergson, and an Open Universe 299
24. Bibliography 313
25. Contributors 325
26. Index 327