{"product_id":"creative-evolution-henri-bergson-9781644399583","title":"Creative Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreative Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an 駘an vital, a \"vital impetus\" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. The book was very popular in the early decades of the twentieth century, before the Neodarwinian synthesis was developed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also develops concepts of time (offered in Bergson's earlier work) which significantly influenced modernist writers and thinkers such as Marcel Proust. For example, Bergson's term \"duration\" refers to a more individual, subjective experience of time, as opposed to mathematical, objectively measurable \"clock time.\" In \u003cem\u003eCreative Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e, Bergson suggests that the experience of time as \"duration\" can best be understood through creative intuition, not through intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henri Bergson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164439958X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644399583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indoeuropeanpublishing.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Henri Bergson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074578673919,"sku":"9781644399583","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19bd027f-5544-4435-997a-88f62fe6ea51.jpg?v=1685454566","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creative-evolution-henri-bergson-9781644399583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}