1st Edition
Figures of Chance II Chance in Theory and Practice
Introduction
By Anne Duprat, with Alison James
Chapter 1. Chance, Causality, Temporality
Edited by Anne Duprat
With Mark Currie, Elie During, Sophie Vlacos
With a counterpoint by Philippe Carrard
Chapter 2. Chance and Complexity in Narrative.
Edited by John Pier
With Demian Battaglia, Marina Grishakova, Maria Poulaki and Richard Walsh
Chapter 3. Chance in Philosophy and Science. Beyond Ontologies and Theologies.
Edited by Divya Dwivedi
With Michel Bitbol, Zeynep Direk and Maël Montévil.
Chapter 4. Doing the Right Thing: Moral Luck and Ethical Challenges in Literature
Edited by Enrica Zanin
With Barbara Carnevali, Anthony Mangeon and Matthias Roick
With a counterpoint by Christian Walter.
Chapter 5. Creativity and Contingency. Provoking Chance across the Arts.
Edited by Karin Kukkonen
With Ros Ballaster, Guillaume Dumas, Henry Keazor, Juliane Vogel and Michael Wheeler
Chapter 6. Chance in Games
By Olivier Caïra
With a counterpoint by Sophie Chevalier
Chapter 7. Chance and Language
Edited by Valentina Bisconti
With Francesco La Mantia and Raffaele Simone
Biography
Anne Duprat is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Picardy Jules Verne and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. As Principal Investigator on the ALEA project supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR), she edited and coordinated the two volumes of Figures of Chance.
Alison James is Professor of French Literature and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. She co-edited the second volume of Figures of Chance and helped prepare the English version of the first volume.
