Gilles Deleuze: Affirmation in Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781349325238 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 274 str.

J. Conway

Opis

Why does knowledge of philosophy presuppose knowledge of reality? What are the characters in Deleuze's theatre and philosophy? How are his famous metaphysical distinctions secondary to the concept of philosophy as practice and politics? These questions are answered through careful analysis and application of Deleuzian principles.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: DELEUZE AND SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHY  The Shape of Systematic Philosophy  Deleuze's Slogan of the Middle  The Middle as Becoming  Deleuze's Problem, Differential, or Abstract Machine PART II: THEATRE OF OPERATIONS  The Exclusive Disjunctive Synthesis of Professional Philosophy  Affirmative Philosophy Three Conceptual Personae: the Anglo-American Philosopher, the French Philosopher, and the Logician The Philosopher, the Artist, the Scientist, the Historian, & the Logician  The Phenomenologist as Hero, The Phenomenologist as Parasite  The Structuralist as Hero, the Structuralist as Palace Dog Philosophy's Encounter with Literature  Why Does the Hero Loath Discussion? The Abstract Machine of Philosophical Discourse PART III: AFFIRMING PHILOSOPHY  Philosophy's Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated  The First Metaphilosophical Question: What is a Philosophy?  The Second Metaphilosophical Question: What Does it Mean to Think?  Ethico-Political Metaphysics Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

JAY CONWAY holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, Riverside. He currently teaches philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles where he is Adjunct Professor. For the past decade he has been researching, teaching, and writing on the philosophy of Deleuze, the history of metaphysics, and social-political theory. His study of Deleuze's early writings is featured in the book Current Continental Theory and Modern Philosophy, edited by Stephen H. Daniel.