David Kreps 
Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence 

This is a book about evolution from a post-Darwinian perspective. It recounts the core ideas of French philosopher Henri Bergson and his rediscovery and legacy in the poststructuralist critical philosophies of the 1960s, and explores the confluences of these ideas with those of complexity theory in environmental biology.

Table of Content

1. Introduction
2. Bergson’s Core Ideas
3. Bergson Redux
4. Systems Theory Grows Up
5. Durée Compléxe
6. Creative Emergence

About the author

David Kreps is a sociologist of technology and philosopher of science. He is Senior Editor of the journal
Information Technology and People, author of papers and conference presentations on social Information systems, and is editor of
Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment.