Acknowledgements Introduction: The Problem of Transformation Emma Ingala, Cillian Ó Fathaigh, and Gavin Rae PART I: METAPHYSICS, PHENOMENOLOGY, AND POSTCOLONIAL THEORY 1. Bergson and the Nature of Change: Adventures Across the Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Science of Transformation Craig Lundy 2. Transformation of the Self in Sartre: Imaginary and History Marieke Mueller 3. Simone de Beauvoir: On Transformation through Ambiguity Sara Cohen Shabot 4. Merleau-Ponty and Historical Transformation: The Dialectics of Situation and Action Jérôme Melançon 5. Beyond Violence: Milieu and Social Transformation in Fanon's Psychiatric Writings Cillian Ó Fathaigh PART II: EVENT, AGENCY, AND DIFFERENCE 6. "The Great Pyramid is an Event": Thinking Creativity and Transformation with Deleuze and Whitehead Hannah Richter 7. Foucault's Account of the Will: Making Sense of Historical Transformations Tuomo Tiisala 8.

The Transformative Power of Derrida's Différance Nicole J. Anderson 9. Transforming the Sound of Revolt: Kristeva, Moten, and Phonic Materiality Sid Hansen PART III: NARRATION, INFORMATION, AND ONTOLOGY 10. The Transformative Potential of Ricoeur's Narrative Self Katrina Mitcheson 11. Information as Transformation: Ruyer, Simondon, Serres Ashley Woodward 12. From Magma to Plasticity: Transformation in Castoriadis and Malabou Gavin Rae Notes on Contributors Index.