By critically analysing deleuzes methods, principles and arguments, james williams helps readers to engage with the revolutionary core of deleuzes philosophy and take up positions for or against its most innovative and controversial ideas. Throughout, close attention is paid to deleuze s most influential publications, including the landmark texts the logic of sense and difference and repetition. Difference and repetition bloomsbury revelations deleuze, gilles on. More precisely, through his critical readings, deleuze detaches difference from four key moments in. It was translated into english by paul patton in 1994 difference and repetition was deleuzes principal thesis for the doctorat detat alongside his secondary, historical thesis, expressionism in philosophy. It is nothing less than a revolution in philosophy and stands out as one of the great philosophical works of the twentieth century. Gilles deleuze 192595 was a prolific french philosopher best known for his 1968 magnum opus difference and repetition deleuze 1994, which developed an approach to metaphysics derived from a. Project muse gilles deleuzes difference and repetition. Of fundamental importance to literary critics and philosophers,difference and repetition develops two central conceptspure difference and complex repetitionand shows how the two concepts are related. Of fundamental importance to literary critics and philosophers, difference and repetition develops two central conceptspure difference and complex. His metaphysical treatise difference and repetition 1968 is considered by many scholars to be his magnum opus. Deleuze difference and repetition november 2019 19.
Difference and repetition columbia university press. The deleuze seminars website is publishing english translations of the seminar lectures given by the french philosopher gilles deleuze 19251995 at the university of paris between 1971 and 1987 do you have recordings of deleuzes seminars. In keeping with the edinburgh philosophical guides series aims, the central principle of this introduction is to provide the reader with the means and context necessary to develop an understanding of the key arguments of deleuzes most influential. Difference and repetition was first published in 1968. Deleuzes aim in the opening few paragraphs is to provide an account of why representation emerges as. Using deleuzes work difference and repetition as the focal object of my interrogation, i seek to show how truth and falsity are structured by. His most popular works were the two volumes of capitalism and schizophrenia. What is the philosophical significance of deleuzes difference and repetition today.
Of fundamental importance to literary critics and philosophers,difference and repetition develops two central concepts. Difference and repetition book by deleuze britannica. The text follows the development of two central concepts, those of pure difference and complex repetition. Difference and repetition gilles deleuze paul patton. There is, therefore, an economic difference between the two. A revised, expanded and fully uptodate critical introduction to deleuzes most important work of philosophy. Paul patton brings together an outstanding collection of appraisals by french and englishspeaking scholars of gilles deleuze 19251995, one of the most important postwar french philosophers.
James williams gilles deleuzes difference and repetition a critical introduction and guide james williams gilles dele. After i had studied hume, spinoza, nietzsche and proust, all of whom fired me with enthusiasm, difference and repetition was the first book in which i tried to do. This is certainly true of dr, in which deleuze attempts to prioritize the principle of difference over the principle of identity, all within the framework of a critique of the history of western philosophy. Other articles where difference and repetition is discussed. Repetition plays a significant, productive role in the work of both derrida and deleuze. Difference and repetition by gilles deleuze originally published in 1968 translated by paul patton columbia university press, 1994 amazon. Im interested in reading it, and i have read little philosophy for some time, so dont want to get carried away which is why i ask. Difference and repetition by gilles deleuze, 9780231081597, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook.
Gilles deleuze is without question one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Like most works of great philosophical originality, writes james williams of gilles deleuzes difference and repetition hereafter dr, the book is as difficult as it is important 2. Really attacks the density of deleuze s discourse and makes it more comprehensible. Difference et repetition is a 1968 book by the french philosopher gilles deleuze. Since its publication in 1968, difference and repetition, an exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of deleuze s most important works. Difference and repetition, a brilliant exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of deleuzes most original works. Deleuze opens difference and repetition with the claim that repetition is not generality dr 11. It was deleuzes principal thesis for the doctorat detat. A number of these pieces address deleuzes original interpretations of key figures in the history of philosophy, including spinoza, kant, hegel and bergson.
It shows how the two concepts are related, difference implying divergence and. What is the philosophical significance of deleuzes. Originally published in france, it was translated into english by paul patton in 1994 difference and repetition was deleuze s principal thesis for the doctorat detat alongside his secondary, historical thesis, expressionism in philosophy. The incommensurability of generality, and the related concept of law, is the central theme of the introduction, and of much of the book itself. Differenceandrepetition pdf epub download cause of you. Bearn department of philosophy, lehigh university, bethlehem, pa 180153056, usa abstract. Repetition and difference repetition is not generality. Like most works of great philosophical originality, writes james williams of gilles deleuzes.
That deleuzes thought is heavily indebted to spinoza is a claim that is both obvious and obscure. I introduce the thought of gilles deleuze through his 1968 book, difference and repetition. Ideas are structures of differential relations, elements, and. Difference and repetition hereafter dr, the book is as difficult. This brilliant exposition of the critique of identity is a classic in contemporary philosophy and one of deleuzes most important works. Gilles deleuze 19251995 was a french philosopher who wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. The ferment of the studentworker revolt of may 1968 and the reassessment. Difference and repetition was deleuzes principal thesis for the doctorat. In keeping with the edinburgh philosophical guides series aims, the central principle of this introduction is to provide the reader with the means and context necessary to develop an understanding of the key arguments of deleuze s most influential. I look at deleuzes basic concepts especially difference, repet. We propose to think difference in itself independently of the forms of representation which reduce it to the same, and the relation of different to different independently of those forms which make them pass through the negative.
Repetition and generality must be distinguished in several ways. Originally published in france, it was translated into english by paul patton in 1994. Outline of gilles deleuze, difference et repetition. Deleuze on expression robert piercey department of philosophy, university of notre dame, notre dame, in 465560368, u. Gilles deleuzes difference and repetition edinburgh. In the former he argued against the devaluation of difference in western metaphysics and tried. The essential toolkit for anyone approaching deleuze for the first time when students read difference and repetition for the first time, they face two main hurdles. In the discussion of clothed repetition, we see a movement typical of difference and repetition. Deleuze difference and repetition free ebook download as pdf file. I think the first time i found the first two chapters mind blowing, but the rest of the book mostly escaped me. Gilles deleuzes difference and repetition was first published in french in 1968. Gilles deleuze s difference and repetition was first published in french in 1968.
Difference and repetition i introduce the thought of gilles deleuze through his 1968 book, difference and repetition. Deleuzes difference and repetition edinburgh university. Since its publication in 1968, difference and repetition, an exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of deleuzes most important works. About deleuzes difference and repetition gilles deleuze is without question one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Gilles deleuze difference and repetition the topological media lab. If exchange is the criterion of generality, theft and gift are those of repetition. Gilles deleuze difference and repetition translated by paul patton columbia university press new york 1994. Bookmark file pdf difference and repetition gilles deleuze difference and repetition gilles deleuze introduction to deleuze. Difference and repetition is a classic work of contemporary philosophy and a key text in deleuzes oeuvre, a brilliant exposition of the critique of identity that develops two key concepts.
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