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4 From Epilogue to Prologue: Chaos and the Arrow of Time
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- 1 Introduction: The Evolution of Chaos 1
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PART I SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
- 2 Self-reflexive Metaphors in Maxwell’s Demon and Shannon’s Choice: Finding the Passages 31
- 3 The Necessary Gap: Chaos as Self in The Education of Henry Adams 61
- 4 From Epilogue to Prologue: Chaos and the Arrow of Time 91
- 5 Chaos as Dialectic: Stanislaw Lem and the Space of Writing 115
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PART II THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET
- 6 Strange Attractors: The Appeal of Chaos 143
- 7 Chaos and Poststructuralism 175
- 8 The Politics of Chaos: Local Knowledge versus Global Theory 209
- 9 Fracturing Forms: Recuperation and Simulation in The Golden Notebook 236
- 10 Conclusion: Chaos and Culture: Postmodernism(s) and the Denaturing of Experience 265
- Selected Bibliography 297
- Index 305
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- 1 Introduction: The Evolution of Chaos 1
-
PART I SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
- 2 Self-reflexive Metaphors in Maxwell’s Demon and Shannon’s Choice: Finding the Passages 31
- 3 The Necessary Gap: Chaos as Self in The Education of Henry Adams 61
- 4 From Epilogue to Prologue: Chaos and the Arrow of Time 91
- 5 Chaos as Dialectic: Stanislaw Lem and the Space of Writing 115
-
PART II THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET
- 6 Strange Attractors: The Appeal of Chaos 143
- 7 Chaos and Poststructuralism 175
- 8 The Politics of Chaos: Local Knowledge versus Global Theory 209
- 9 Fracturing Forms: Recuperation and Simulation in The Golden Notebook 236
- 10 Conclusion: Chaos and Culture: Postmodernism(s) and the Denaturing of Experience 265
- Selected Bibliography 297
- Index 305