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Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Aims ofßtheßStudy; 1.2 Philosophical Complexity; 1.3 Post-structuralism; 1.4 Methodology; 1.5 The Ethics ofßLiving andßtheßQuestion ofßtheßForeigner; 1.6 Chapter Synopses; 1.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Towards anßUnderstanding ofßPhilosophical Complexity; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cybernetics; 2.2.1 First-Order Cybernetics andßInformation Theory; 2.2.2 Second-Order Cybernetics andßAutopoiesis; 2.2.3 Third-Order Cybernetics andßArtificial Life; 2.3 Cybernetics andßPhilosophical Complexity; 2.4 General Systems Theory.
2.5 General Systems Theory andßPhilosophical Complexity2.6 Philosophical Complexity andßComplexity Science, or theßDistinction BetweenßComplexity andßComplicatedness; 2.6.1 Complexity Science; 2.6.2 Complicated Versus Complex Systems; 2.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The Economy ofßComplexity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Bataille; 3.2.1 The Restricted andßtheßGeneral Economy; 3.2.2 Hegel Versus Bataille, or Lordship Versus Sovereignty; 3.2.3 The Possibility ofßOpen Economies; 3.3 Nietzsche; 3.3.1 Nietzsche's Mensch andßÜbermensch; 3.3.2 Nietzsche's Economy; 3.4 Derrida.
3.4.1 The Aporetic Nature ofßEconomy3.4.2 Examples ofßDerrida's Double Logic; 3.4.2.1 Violence andßtheßGift; 3.4.2.2 The Relationship Between Law andßJustice, Ethics andßPolitics; 3.4.3 Tying theßKnot BetweenßtheßRestricted andßtheßGeneral Economy; 3.5 Nancy; 3.5.1 On Community; 3.5.2 On Thinking; 3.5.3 Nancy's Immanence; 3.6 Analysis; 3.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The Status andßEthics ofßKnowledge; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Foucault; 4.2.1 Foucault's Archaeology andßGenealogy; 4.2.2 Two Levels ofßModelling; 4.3 Derrida; 4.3.1 Deconstruction and Intervention.
4.3.2 Modelling andßtheßMoment ofßtheßDecision4.4 Critical Complexity; 4.5 The Question ofßtheßForeigner; 4.5.1 A Foreigner's Call; 4.5.2 Derrida: The Foreigner andßtheßAporia ofßHospitality; 4.5.3 Hospitality-Hostility; 4.6 The Ethics ofßModelling; 4.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Complex Identity andßEthical-Political Responsibilities; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Levinas; 5.2.1 To theßOther; 5.2.2 The Problem ofßAsymmetry; 5.3 Derrida; 5.3.1 The Question ofßtheßAnimal; 5.3.2 Deconstructing Humanism; 5.3.3 A New Limit: Eating theßGood; 5.4 Nancy; 5.4.1 Nancy's Reading ofßHeidegger's Mitsein.
5.4.2 Being asßBeing-with andßtheßQuestion ofßCommunity5.5 The Foreigner That Intrudes; 5.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Ethics ofßLiving; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Derrida: (Im)Possible Experience asßPraxis; 6.3 Nancy: Originary Ethics asßGrounds forßPraxis; 6.4 The Status ofßPhilosophy; 6.5 Ethical Praxis andßComplexity; 6.5.1 Modesty and Openness; 6.5.2 Locking Eyes withßtheßStranger; 6.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Philosophical Complexity Revisited; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Systemic Openness; 7.3 Live fromßDeath / Die fromßLife; 7.4 Autonomy/Dependence.
2.5 General Systems Theory andßPhilosophical Complexity2.6 Philosophical Complexity andßComplexity Science, or theßDistinction BetweenßComplexity andßComplicatedness; 2.6.1 Complexity Science; 2.6.2 Complicated Versus Complex Systems; 2.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The Economy ofßComplexity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Bataille; 3.2.1 The Restricted andßtheßGeneral Economy; 3.2.2 Hegel Versus Bataille, or Lordship Versus Sovereignty; 3.2.3 The Possibility ofßOpen Economies; 3.3 Nietzsche; 3.3.1 Nietzsche's Mensch andßÜbermensch; 3.3.2 Nietzsche's Economy; 3.4 Derrida.
3.4.1 The Aporetic Nature ofßEconomy3.4.2 Examples ofßDerrida's Double Logic; 3.4.2.1 Violence andßtheßGift; 3.4.2.2 The Relationship Between Law andßJustice, Ethics andßPolitics; 3.4.3 Tying theßKnot BetweenßtheßRestricted andßtheßGeneral Economy; 3.5 Nancy; 3.5.1 On Community; 3.5.2 On Thinking; 3.5.3 Nancy's Immanence; 3.6 Analysis; 3.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The Status andßEthics ofßKnowledge; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Foucault; 4.2.1 Foucault's Archaeology andßGenealogy; 4.2.2 Two Levels ofßModelling; 4.3 Derrida; 4.3.1 Deconstruction and Intervention.
4.3.2 Modelling andßtheßMoment ofßtheßDecision4.4 Critical Complexity; 4.5 The Question ofßtheßForeigner; 4.5.1 A Foreigner's Call; 4.5.2 Derrida: The Foreigner andßtheßAporia ofßHospitality; 4.5.3 Hospitality-Hostility; 4.6 The Ethics ofßModelling; 4.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Complex Identity andßEthical-Political Responsibilities; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Levinas; 5.2.1 To theßOther; 5.2.2 The Problem ofßAsymmetry; 5.3 Derrida; 5.3.1 The Question ofßtheßAnimal; 5.3.2 Deconstructing Humanism; 5.3.3 A New Limit: Eating theßGood; 5.4 Nancy; 5.4.1 Nancy's Reading ofßHeidegger's Mitsein.
5.4.2 Being asßBeing-with andßtheßQuestion ofßCommunity5.5 The Foreigner That Intrudes; 5.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Ethics ofßLiving; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Derrida: (Im)Possible Experience asßPraxis; 6.3 Nancy: Originary Ethics asßGrounds forßPraxis; 6.4 The Status ofßPhilosophy; 6.5 Ethical Praxis andßComplexity; 6.5.1 Modesty and Openness; 6.5.2 Locking Eyes withßtheßStranger; 6.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Philosophical Complexity Revisited; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Systemic Openness; 7.3 Live fromßDeath / Die fromßLife; 7.4 Autonomy/Dependence.